In recent years, significant advancements in genetic research, diagnostic tools, and therapies have been made possible by researchers who took advantage of features of the bacterial immune system. The ...

Cas13 is capable of intrinsically targeting host RNA in mammalian cells through mechanisms that were not previously understood. Through transcript-specific mechanisms that are independent of the ...

In recent years, the scientific community has made significant strides in the field of gene editing, particularly through the development of the CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short ...

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–CRISPR-associated protein 13 (Cas13) has been rapidly developed for nucleic-acid-based diagnostics by using its characteristic ...

About two-thirds of the viruses that can infect humans, including deadly Ebola, Zika, and flu, have a single-stranded RNA genome, and for most of these types of virus there is no FDA-approved therapy.

CRISPR-Cas holds great promise for treating and curing human disease. One of the few ways that scientists can usher CRISPR elements into a large number of mammalian cells is via an adeno-associated ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carver Biosciences, Inc., a biotech company focused on the development of CRISPR/Cas13 antivirals, today announced the closure of a seed round of funding, led by Khosla ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Type VI CRISPR-Cas systems have been repurposed for various applications such as gene knockdown, viral interference, and diagnostics. However, ...

In recent years, the scientific community has made significant strides in the field of gene editing, particularly through the development of the CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been caused by the rapid outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 has undergone mutations, which ...