While it once proved a technical challenge, scientists are now using CRISPR to turn bacteria into disease- and climate change-fighting microbes.

If the bacteria are attacked by viruses, they can incorporate snippets of the viral DNA or RNA into a section of their own genome called the CRISPR array.

Bonn, November 25, 2022 – For several years now, the CRISPR/Cas9 gene scissors have been causing a sensation in science and medicine. This new tool of molecular biology has its origins in an ...

If the bacteria are attacked by viruses, they can incorporate snippets of the viral DNA or RNA into a section of their own genome called the CRISPR array.

For several years now, the CRISPR/Cas9 gene scissors have been causing a sensation in science and medicine. This new tool of molecular biology has its origins in an ancient bacterial immune system ...

Researchers flip nature's script by engineering a virus to carry a CRISPR system to change a bacterium's genes. Call it a CRISPR conundrum. Bacteria use CRISPR-Cas systems as adaptive immune ...

Dr David Mayo-Muñoz, co-first author CRISPR-Cas are immune systems bacteria have that protect them from getting infected by bacterial viruses – called phages.

CRISPR systems are powerful tools for genetic engineering, but they have their limitations. Now, scientists have discovered almost 200 new CRISPR systems in their native habitat of bacteria, and ...

A new CRISPR-Cas toolkit, dubbed "pAblo·pCasso," is set to transform the landscape of bacterial genome editing, offering unprecedented precision and flexibility in genetic engineering. The new ...

Biotech startup Ancilia Biosciences has raised $4.2 million to use the well-known gene editing tool CRISPR to develop bacterial therapeutics, the firm said Wednesday. The Washington Heights-based ...