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How CRISPR is solving problems through DNA editing

Written by Abbey Slattery, WRAL Digital Solutions

Eradication of certain diseases, increasing crop sizes, reducing pest populations the current and future applications of CRISPR have the potential to change ways of life around the world.

A tool for editing genomes including altering DNA and modifying gene functions CRISPR is short for CRISPR-Cas9 and refers to a string of DNA and the Cas9 enzyme. CRISPR works by finding a specific section of DNA, cutting it, then inserting a mutation or replacing a faulty gene.

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