Compact CRISPR systems found in some of world’s smallest microbes

Friday, December 23, 2016 - 12:31 in Biology & Nature

UC Berkeley scientists have discovered simple CRISPR systems similar to CRISPR-Cas9 — a gene-editing tool that has revolutionized biology — in previously unexplored bacteria that have eluded efforts to grow them in the laboratory. The ... Read more

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