What Is CRISPR?

CRISPR stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. This technology will now allow for DNA to be edited almost as easily as using a word processor. How does it work? A strand of RNA guides a CAS-9 protein to a targeted spot on the DNA. The DNA strands get precisely cut and the new sequence is added to the cell.

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Original Program Date: June 3 2016

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