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The almighty CRISPR-Cas9 technology: The future of conservation?

Posted on 12 Sep, 2016 by Patrícia Chrzanová Pečnerová

In the first post on CRISPR-Cas9, I’ve explained how bacteria and archaea create a “database” of infections and use it as a form of prokaryotic immunization. This time, I’m going to concentrate on how biotechnology turns this natural phenomenon into … Continue reading →

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The almighty CRISPR-Cas9 technology: How does it work?

Posted on 8 Sep, 2016 by Patrícia Chrzanová Pečnerová

CRISPR-Cas9 took the whole world of biology by storm. Selected Science’s 2015 Breakthrough of the Year, the CRISPR-Cas9 technology is revolutionizing science. Within five years of the official announcement (Jinek et al. 2012), it became the genome-editing technique of choice. … Continue reading →

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