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    CRISPR (/ˈkrɪspər/) (an acronym for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) is a family of DNA sequences found in the genomes of prokaryotic...
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    CRISPR gene editing (pronounced /ˈkrɪspər/ "crisper") standing for "Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats" is a genetic engineering...
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    CRISPR RNA or crRNA is a RNA transcript from the CRISPR locus. CRISPR-Cas (clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats - CRISPR associated...
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  • CRISPR Therapeutics AG is a Swiss–American biotechnology company headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. It was one of the first companies formed to utilize...
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    Cas9 (redirect from CRISPR/Cas9)
    Cas9 (CRISPR associated protein 9, formerly called Cas5, Csn1, or Csx12) is a 160 kilodalton protein which plays a vital role in the immunological defense...
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    standard in vitro fertilisation services and in addition, use of CRISPR gene editing (CRISPR/Cas9), a technology for modifying DNA. The embryos' genomes were...
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    February 19, 1964) is an American biochemist who has done pioneering work in CRISPR gene editing, and made other fundamental contributions in biochemistry and...
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  • CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) is a type of CRISPR tool that uses modified versions of CRISPR effectors without endonuclease activity, with added transcriptional...
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    CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) is a genetic perturbation technique that allows for sequence-specific repression of gene expression in prokaryotic and eukaryotic...
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  • CRISPR-Display (CRISP-Disp) is a modification of the CRISPR/Cas9 (Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) system for genome editing...
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    Anti-CRISPR (Anti-Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats or Acr) is a group of proteins found in phages, that inhibit the normal activity...
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    Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screens aim to elucidate the relationship between genotype and phenotype by ablating gene expression on a genome-wide...
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  • (gRNAs) for use with the CRISPR/Cas gene editing system. The CRISPR/Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR associated nucleases)...
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  • CRISPR-associated transposons or CASTs are mobile genetic elements (MGEs) that have evolved to make use of minimal CRISPR systems for RNA-guided transposition...
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    CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats). These were later developed into the first widespread genome editing tool, CRISPR-Cas9...
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  • thereby preventing the CRISPR locus from being targeted and destroyed by the CRISPR-associated nuclease. In a bacterial genome, CRISPR loci contain "spacers"...
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    meganucleases—were selected by Nature Methods as the 2011 Method of the Year. The CRISPR-Cas system was selected by Science as 2015 Breakthrough of the Year. As...
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    technologies such as Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR/Cas9), are also improving the nutrition, taste and yield of crops. There...
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    homology directed repair. The CRISPR/Cas9 system (CRISPR – Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Cas9 – CRISPR-associated protein 9) is...
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  • used for gene editing. In bacteria and archaea, gRNAs are a part of the CRISPR-Cas system that serves as an adaptive immune defense that protects the organism...
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  • a nonprofit scientific research institute founded by Nobel laureate and CRISPR gene editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna and biophysicist Jonathan Weissman...
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  • diagnostic tests using CRISPR-Cas12a and CRISPR-based therapies using its proprietary ultra-small CRISPR systems. Several CRISPR-Cas systems identified...
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    The CRISPR Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published every three months by Mary Ann Liebert. It covers research on all aspects of CRISPR research...
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    initiates cellular repair processes, similar to that of CRISPR/Cas9 DNA editing. Compared to CRISPR/Cas9, the therapeutic applications of this technology...
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    Gene drive (section CRISPR)
    back in to fill a void. CRISPR is the leading genetic engineering method. In 2014, Esvelt and coworkers first suggested that CRISPR/Cas9 might be used to...
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  • on pooled genetic perturbation screens. Perturb-seq combines multiplexed CRISPR mediated gene inactivations with single cell RNA sequencing to assess comprehensive...
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    Chemistry "for the development of a method for genome editing" (through CRISPR). This was the first science Nobel Prize ever won by two women only. Born...
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    Cas12a (redirect from CRISPR/Cas12a)
    (CRISPR associated protein 12a, previously known as Cpf1) is a subtype of Cas12 proteins and an RNA-guided endonuclease that forms part of the CRISPR system...
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    benefits of revolutionary tools like CRISPR are endless. For example, because it can be applied directly in the embryo, CRISPR/Cas9 reduces the time required...
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  • alternative to site-directed mutagenesis. Since 2013, the development of the CRISPR/Cas9 technology, based on a prokaryotic viral defense system, has also allowed...
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