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Pioneering scientists share £23m Breakthrough prize pot at US awards At present, the bacterial defence mechanism (called Crispr/Cas9) identifies strands of DNA belonging to invading viruses and unleashes an enzyme, Cas9, to cut up the genetic material. The damage is sufficient to destroy the virus. But properly harnessed, the same biological trick can be employed to rewrite faulty DNA: damaging genes can be removed and replaced with healthy ones. Work is already under way to use Crispr/Cas9 to correct genetic faults that cause cystic fibrosis and genetic blood disorders. Http://theguardian/science/2014/nov/10/breakthrough-prize-scientists-23m-science-awards-2015
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:13:55 +0000

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