Sentences with phrase «other gene editors»

The CRISPR / Cas9 system is easier to program and faster to produce than other gene editors in use.

Not exact matches

In a separate study, published October 25 in Science, other researchers led by CRISPR pioneer Feng Zhang re-engineered a gene editor called CRISPR / Cas13 to correct the same typos in RNA instead of DNA.

Earlier versions of these «base editors,» which target typos related to the other half of disease - causing genetic spelling errors, have already been used to alter genes in plants, fish, mice and even human embryos.

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