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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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Scientists Use CRISPR to Make Chickens More Resistant to Bird Flu
Scientists have used #CRISPR to create chickens that have some resistance to #avianflu. The research is "proof of concept that we can...
David Ojcius
Oct 11, 20233 min read
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The CRISPR-associated Cas4 protein from Leptospira interrogans demonstrates nuclease activity
Highlights •LinCas4 is a metal dependent endonuclease. •Mutation of metal interacting residues (Asp74 and Glu87) curtails the DNase...
David Ojcius
Mar 14, 20231 min read
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New CRISPR-Cas system cuts virus RNA
Researchers have discovered a new #CRISPR-Cas system that cuts #RNA. The study is expected to offer many opportunities for the...
David Ojcius
Aug 28, 20212 min read
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Crispr, the Tool Giving DNA Editing Promise and Peril
Mankind has been manipulating genetics since early civilizations realized that certain traits of crops, animals and humans themselves...
David Ojcius
Jun 29, 20213 min read
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The CRISPR-associated Cas4 protein from Leptospira interrogans
#CRISPR #DNAse #nuclease #Leptospira The Cas4 protein is one of the core CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins implicated in the adaptation...
David Ojcius
May 29, 20211 min read
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Researchers create new CRISPR tools to help contain mosquito disease transmission
#CRISPR #mosquitoes #WestNile Since the onset of the CRISPR genetic editing revolution, scientists have been working to leverage the...
David Ojcius
May 29, 20211 min read
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CRISPR-Cas12a: Functional overview and applications
#openaccess #genetherapy #CRISPR Prokaryotes have developed an adaptive immune system called Clustered regularly interspaced short...
David Ojcius
May 17, 20211 min read
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Scientists create gene-editing tool that could rival CRISPR
A gene-editing tool that could rival #CRISPR. Researchers created a new gene-editing tool that can perform millions of genetic...
David Ojcius
May 3, 20212 min read
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Scientists develop new gene therapy strategy to delay aging
Researchers conducted genome-wide #CRISPR-based screens in premature aging stem cells & identified >100 candidate #senescence-promoting...
David Ojcius
Jan 9, 20211 min read
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CRISPR-Cas12a: Functional overview and applications
Prokaryotes have developed an adaptive immune system called Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats ( #CRISPR ) to...
David Ojcius
Dec 16, 20201 min read
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Gene editing with CRISPR has made pigs immune to a deadly epidemic, PRSS
#CRISPR #epidemic #porcine #microbes #infection #agriculture When covid-19 began to race around the world, countries closed businesses...
David Ojcius
Dec 12, 20202 min read
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