Cas9 immunity creates challenges for CRISPR gene editing therapies
Abstract Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9 is a genome-editing technology1,2 that utilizes archaeal and bacterial Cas9 nucleases to introduce double-stranded breaks in DNA at targeted sites. These breaks can be used to remove, replace, or add pieces of DNA. Whil...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-08-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-018-05843-9 |