Sentences with phrase «bacterial immune defense system»
CRISPR is a technology based on a bacterial immune defense system which uses Cas9, a nuclease, to cut up foreign genetic material (e.g., viral RNA).
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Genomic engineering as a promising cancer therapeutic approach has experienced a tremendous surge since the discovery of the adaptive bacterial immune defense system «CRISPR» and its potential as a gene editing tool over a decade ago.
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At the first hint of a viral or bacterial invasion, the immune system launches an orchestrated front - line defense.
CRISPRs are bacterial immune systems that contain many defense enzymes such as the Cas9 «molecular scissors,» which scientists including Hsu have engineered as a powerful DNA - targeting gene - editing tool.
They basically store a picture of the virus in their back pocket so that they'd recognize the bad guy if he were to ever show up again — a remarkable defense mechanism of the bacterial immune system.
5/24/2007 How Plague - Causing Bacteria Disarm Host Defense Effector proteins are the bad guys that help bacterial pathogens do their job of infecting the host by crippling the body's immune system.
The CAMP gene itself is also the subject of much study, as it has been shown to play a key role in the «innate» immune system, the body's ability to fight bacterial infection and the 1st line of defense.