CRISPR 1 (IMAGE)

Rice University

CRISPR 1

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Rice University bioscientists have designed novel on and off switches to control the “silent” genes -- as many as 40 of them -- in a strain of bacteria. Their CRISPR-based strategy could boost the perpetual search for new antibiotics.

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Illustration by Andrea Ameruoso/Chappell Lab

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