| Indeed, using Crispr in non-reproductive cells – somatic cells – could cure many diseases. |
| The vertical axis lists strains containing CRISPR spacers that target a bifibacterial prophage sequence. |
| The downside is that using Crispr on somatic cells is far more complex: humans have trillions of cells and many different cell types. |
| Scientists hope Crispr might also be used for genomic surgery, as it were, to correct errant genes that cause disease. |
| The stolen DNA pieces are stored in specific locations in the bacterial genome called CRISPR loci. |
| The NextGEN CRISPR technology, developed by a member of Transposagen's Scientific Advisory Board, is the first truly dimeric RNA-guided FokI nuclease. |
