CRISPR (/ˈkrɪspər/) (an acronym for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) is a family of DNA sequences found in the genomes of prokaryotic...
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CRISPR gene editing (CRISPR, pronounced /ˈkrɪspər/ (crisper), refers to a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats") is a genetic engineering...
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Cas9 (redirect from CRISPR/Cas9)
Cas9 (CRISPR associated protein 9, formerly called Cas5, Csn1, or Csx12) is a 160 kilodalton protein which plays a vital role in the immunological defense...
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He Jiankui affair (redirect from CRISPR baby)
standard in vitro fertilisation services and in addition, use of CRISPR gene editing (CRISPR/Cas9), a technology for modifying DNA. The embryos' genomes were...
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February 19, 1964) is an American biochemist who has pioneered work in CRISPR gene editing, and made other fundamental contributions in biochemistry and...
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Anti-CRISPR (Anti-Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats or Acr) is a group of proteins found in phages, that inhibit the normal activity...
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CRISPR Therapeutics AG is a Swiss–American biotechnology company headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. It was one of the first companies formed to utilize...
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CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) is a gene regulation technique that utilizes an engineered form of the CRISPR-Cas9 system to enhance the expression of specific...
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CRISPR RNA or crRNA is a RNA transcript from the CRISPR locus. CRISPR-Cas (clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats - CRISPR associated...
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in Texas on protein evolution, including that of CRISPR. He learned gene-editing techniques (CRISPR/Cas9) as a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University...
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CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) is a genetic perturbation technique that allows for sequence-specific repression of gene expression in prokaryotic and eukaryotic...
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Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screens aim to elucidate the relationship between genotype and phenotype by ablating gene expression on a genome-wide...
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Emmanuelle Charpentier (section CRISPR/Cas9)
Chemistry "for the development of a method for genome editing" (through CRISPR). This was the first science Nobel Prize ever won by two women only. Born...
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Guide RNA (section CRISPR In Prokaryotes)
used for gene editing. In bacteria and archaea, gRNAs are a part of the CRISPR-Cas system that serves as an adaptive immune defense that protects the organism...
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diagnostic tests using CRISPR-Cas12a and CRISPR-based therapies using its proprietary ultra-small CRISPR systems. Several CRISPR-Cas systems identified...
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American nonprofit scientific research institute founded by Nobel laureate and CRISPR gene editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna and biophysicist Jonathan Weissman...
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well known for his central role in the development of optogenetics and CRISPR technologies. Zhang was born in China in 1981 and given the name 锋 (which...
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CRISPR-associated transposons or CASTs are mobile genetic elements (MGEs) that have evolved to make use of minimal CRISPR systems for RNA-guided transposition...
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Cas12a (redirect from CRISPR/Cas12a)
(CRISPR-associated protein 12a, previously known as Cpf1) is an RNA-guided endonuclease-exonuclease that forms an essential component of the CRISPR systems...
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thereby preventing the CRISPR locus from being targeted and destroyed by the CRISPR-associated nuclease. In a bacterial genome, CRISPR loci contain "spacers"...
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The CRISPR Journal is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Mary Ann Liebert. It covers research on all aspects of CRISPR research...
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Genome editing (section CRISPR)
meganucleases—were selected by Nature Methods as the 2011 Method of the Year. The CRISPR-Cas system was selected by Science as 2015 Breakthrough of the Year. As...
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Human germline engineering (section CRISPR-Cas9)
Council of Europe. In November 2015, a group of Chinese researchers used CRISPR/Cas9 to edit single-celled, non-viable embryos to assess its effectiveness...
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on pooled genetic perturbation screens. Perturb-seq combines multiplexed CRISPR mediated gene inactivations with single cell RNA sequencing to assess comprehensive...
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(gRNAs) for use with the CRISPR/Cas gene editing system. The CRISPR/Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR associated nucleases)...
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Designer baby (section CRISPR/Cas9)
homology directed repair. The CRISPR/Cas9 system (CRISPR – Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Cas9 – CRISPR-associated protein 9) is...
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In molecular biology, trans-activating CRISPR RNA (tracrRNA) is a small trans-encoded RNA. It was first discovered by Emmanuelle Charpentier in her study...
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curative therapeutics leveraging CRISPR-based technologies. The company's in vivo programs use intravenously administered CRISPR as the therapy, in which the...
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Gray was the first patient ever to be treated with the gene-editing tool CRISPR for sickle-cell disease. This marked the initial indication that a cure...
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Gene drive (section CRISPR)
organism's DNA along with the CRISPR-Cas9 machinery. When the modified organism mates and its DNA mixes with that of its mate, the CRISPR-Cas9 tool cuts the partner's...
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