[Splicing and Dicing DNA: Genome Engineering and the CRISPR Revolution]
CRISPR: gene editing is just the beginning
What CRISPR offers, and biologists desire, is specificity: the ability to target and study particular DNA sequences in the vast expanse of a genome. And editing DNA is just one trick that it can be used for. Scientists are hacking the tools so that they can send proteins to precise DNA targets to toggle genes on or off, and even engineer entire biological circuits — with the long-term goal of understanding cellular systems and disease.
http://www.nature.com/news/crispr-gene-editing-is-just-the-beginning-1.19510
It’s the powerful gene editing technology transforming biomedical research. Fast, cheap and easy to use, it allows scientists to rewrite the DNA in just about any organism—including humans—with tests on human embryos already underway. The technique’s potential to radically reshape everything from disease prevention to the future of human evolution has driven explosive progress and heated debate. Join the world’s CRISPR pioneers to learn about the enormous possibilities and ethical challenges as we stand on the threshold of a brave new world of manipulating life’s fundamental code.
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Interesting, i my genetic classes, i figure that the problem with cancer, for example, is in the epigenetic, that part of the DNA that regulates an interact with the codifing zone changing everything, an it have millions of way to interact with, maybe this technique can help to get clear all of that big problem.
In other Way, Cas9 are a part of caspase proteins that participate in apoptosis process?
P.S. Sorry for my english, SPanish is my native language...
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