By Susanna Stroik
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Once upon a time, not so long ago, spCas9 was the only Cas enzyme widely available and applied by researchers for gene targeting. Fast forward a decade, and the CRISPR field has exploded with dozens of Cas enzymes and variants available. Without a comprehensive resource, it can ...
Annotation of genes in immune cells typically involves the creation of germline knockout mice, which is time-consuming, as it only changes one gene at a time. CRISPR-based systems enable gene knockout in immune cells in a high-throughput manner, but these systems have not been ...
There can be no doubt that CRISPR/Cas9 technology has been a breakthrough for the genome-editing field and the greater scientific community. In 2014, we wrote a blog post on CRISPR’s potential for correcting monogenetic diseases. Now, almost 10 years later, CRISPR’s potential ...
Originally written by Marcy Patrick and Mary Gearing on Mar 12, 2015; updated by Christina Mork, Jul 27, 2020; updated by Susanna Stroik January 24, 2023. DNA damage drives genome instability and contributes to cancer, premature aging, and other harmful processes. The most ...
This post was originally written by Melina Fan and updated Nov 3, 2022 by Susanna Stroik. You’ve designed your gRNA and introduced it into your target cells with Cas9. Hooray! Now it’s time to make sure your genome edits went according to plan. In this blog post we’ll explain ...
This post was originally written by Joel McDade and significantly updated in 2022 by Susanna Stroik. The advent of CRISPR/Cas9 has made it easier than ever to make precise, targeted genome modifications. Cas9 has been modified to enable researchers to knock out, knock in, base ...
The natural CRISPR locus of a bacteria host encodes multiple guide RNAs (gRNAs) on a single array to target the genome of the invading phage pathogen. Over the past decade, CRISPR tools have leveraged such host-defense mechanisms to enable multiplex gene editing in a variety of ...
