Giving Cas9 an 'on' switch for better control of CRISPR gene editing
Thursday, January 10, 2019 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
CRISPR-Cas9 is a revolutionary tool in part because of its versatility: created by bacteria to chew up viruses, it works equally well in human cells to do all sorts of genetic tricks, including cutting and pasting DNA, making pinpoint mutations and activating or inactivating a gene.