Revolutionizing genome engineering: Review on history and future of the CRISPR-Cas9 system published
Monday, December 1, 2014 - 10:51
in Biology & Nature
Genome engineering with the RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas9 system in animals and plants is changing biology. It is easier to use and more efficient than other genetic engineering tools, thus it is already being applied in laboratories all over the world just a few years after its discovery. This rapid adoption and the history of the system are the core topics of a review published in the renowned journal Science. The review was written by the discoverers of the system Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier, who works at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and is also affiliated to the Hannover Medical School and Umeå University, and Prof. Jennifer Doudna from the University of California, Berkeley, USA.