CRISPR Cuts DNA (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

CRISPR Cuts DNA

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A CRISPR protein targets specific sections of DNA and cuts them. Scientists have turned this natural defense mechanism in bacteria into a tool for gene editing.

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Jenna Luecke and David Steadman/Univ. of Texas at Austin

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