A new genome editing method has been developed by David Liu’s lab at the Broad Institute. The technique, called prime editing, can change any nucleotide to any other nucleotide with no double stranded breaks and no donor DNA needed. It is more efficient, makes fewer byproducts, and has lower off-target editing than traditional CRISPR-Cas9 editing . . .
Genome Editing Heads to Primetime
David Liu’s lab introduces “prime editing”, a new twist on genome editing that can introduce any base substitution without cleaving DNA.
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