Genome editing mechanism developed from protein found in complex organisms
A new genome editing mechanism has been developed for the first time from a protein found in eukaryotes...
A simple organism, usually single-celled, which lacks a cell nucleus and other membrane-bound compartments. All bacteria are prokaryotes.
A new genome editing mechanism has been developed for the first time from a protein found in eukaryotes...
by Dr Lea Goetz
Scientists have used the CRISPR/Cas system to encode a film in the genomes of living bacteria...
by Brian Nolan
The European Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office have been thrust into a dispute pitting the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Vienna against the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University. Scientists
An international team has rewritten the genetic code of five chromosomes in yeast — one third of the organism's entire genome...
Oral arguments from lawyers acting for the Broad Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, in the high-profile CRISPR/Cas9 patent dispute have been heard in Virginia...
by Paul Waldron
A single-celled organism lacking mitochondria — cellular structures thought to be essential for all complex lifeforms — has been identified by scientists...
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