Sentences with phrase «molecular scalpels»
They're using molecular scalpels to slice genes.
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She is the first person to receive a therapy involving gene editing with molecular scalpels called TALENs.
Just two years ago, Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley, commandeered a process that bacteria use to fend off viruses, creating a molecular scalpel to snip out defective genes.
Yet even as teams developed the CRISPR / Cas9 gene - editing system for biomedical and basic research purposes, multiple groups have been on the lookout for better versions of the molecular scalpel.
It works as a «molecular scalpel,» says North Carolina State University's Rodolphe Barrangou, one of the researchers who discovered CRISPR's immune function.
Today, thousands of researchers use this molecular scalpel to edit DNA for research and potential therapeutic purposes.
«You can think about it as a molecular scalpel,» said biochemist Jennifer Doudna of the University of California at Berkeley.
Not exact matches
Their molecular clockwork could soon be under the genetic scalpel