CRISPR: Genome Editing comes of age
To turn off genes, researchers use a protein called Cas9 coupled to a variety of short RNA molecules. The technique, called CRISPR interference, blocks the production of messenger RNA by the enzyme RNA polymerase, preventing targeted genes from making their encoded proteins.
Credit: UCSF Technical advances in DNA sequencing and genomics have given scientists access to troves of information about genetic changes in tumors.
But the functional consequences of specific mutations—permanently turning on a communication pathway in cells that drive them to proliferate, for example—have proven difficult to study. Previous tools to make targeted changes to genomes have been, until now, too expensive and cumbersome for widespread practical use, explained David Baltimore, Ph.D., of the California Institute of Technology, and his colleagues in a recent perspectiveExit Disclaimer in Science. But now, a technique for gene editing, borrowed from bacteria, has changed that, the authors said.
Advancements in DNA Editing
Crisper is a life changing technology that can extend a person’s life or cure a disease that is genetically in their system. Genome Editing is the process of taking out a bad gene and replacing it with a good gene. This will allow a person to lead a more productive and healthier life.
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