CRISPR Breakthrough Unlocks the Genetic Blueprint for Super-Sized Produce
A genetic breakthrough may soon bring bigger and better tomatoes and eggplants to the world. Scientists have mapped the ...
Scientists Identify Key Protein Driving Alzheimer’s Brain Cell Death
Scientists have identified the 1N4R tau isoform as a key driver of Alzheimer’s disease, paving the way for potential new ...
Genome-edited stem cells reveal new hope for obesity treatment without muscle loss
In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers at the Beijing Institute of Stem Cells and Regeneration (BISCRM) ...
Bacterial 'jumping genes' can target and control chromosome ends
DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another—are key to bacterial evolution and the development of ...
C&EN15d
PAM-Independent CRISPR-Cas12a System for Specific Assays of Single Nucleotide Variants
Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal ...
C&EN26d
Rapid Enzymatic Assay for Antiretroviral Drug Monitoring Using CRISPR-Cas12a-Enabled Readout
REACTR measures DNA synthesis by HIV RT using a CRISPR-Cas12a reporter system. We engineered a DNA template such that the complementary DNA (cDNA) synthesized by HIV RT activates the crRNA-Cas12a ...