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CRISPR Toolkit Expands With Trio of New Tricks

27-Feb-2018

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New CRISPR technologies are CAMERA, DETECTR, and SHERLOCK.

CAMERA reads out for the cell’s historical exposure to antibiotics or toxins.

SHERLOCK uses sacrificial RNA molecules detect presence of virus or cancer DNA.

DETECTR could turn CRISPR into a sensitive one-step diagnostic tool.

More research is exploring CRISPR applications beyond gene therapy.

"The killer app is still to come" - Dr. Dave Savage.

The study was published in the Science journal.

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Janice Chen

Co-founder & CTO at Mammoth Biosciences

Jennifer A. Doudna

Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology at UC Berkeley.

Science

Peer-reviewed academic online journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

University of California, Berkeley

Public land-grant research university

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Gene Therapy