Until now, genome engineering and gene regulation required different variants of the Cas9 protein; but now, a new approach suggests that both tasks can be achieved using one type of Cas9, allowing scientists to increase the complexity of gene editing functions and their overall control of genes.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150907113754.htm
Dually noted: New CRISPR-Cas9 strategy edits genes two ways
7 September 2015
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