Mitochondria (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Mitochondria

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While precisely editing the DNA in a cell's nucleus (blue) has become easier thanks to advances like CRISPR/Cas-9, it's been much harder to edit DNA in the mitochondria (red). Now, a new tool brings precision gene editing to mitochondrial DNA.

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Tslil Ast/Mootha Lab

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