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Competition for gene scissors: "Bridge RNA" to edit the genome more precisely (www.heise.de)
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CRISPR has become a key method for genome modification. Researchers are now proposing a potentially even better approach.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The article doesn't mention how many enzimes are required, which is the great thing about CRISPR.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The IS110 elements are very minimal, consisting only of a gene encoding the recombinase enzyme, plus flanking DNA segments

Source: https://arcinstitute.org/news/news/bridge

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Alright that's great