In medical diagnostics, CRISPR-based biosensors are promising in detecting disease biomarkers, pathogens, genetic mutations, etc. In the field of food safety, CRISPR-based sensors could be used to ...

In CRISPR/Cas-based diagnostic tests, guide RNAs bind pathogen DNA or RNA, triggering Cas enzymes to become active and cleave the reporter nucleic acids that fluoresce when cleaved.

They also found that after the extra chromosome was removed, genes tied to nervous system development were more active and ...

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Japanese researchers have successfully eliminated the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome using CRISPR gene ...