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CRISPR | The Future of Genetic Engineering

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

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CRISPR and the Adaptive Immune System for Bacteria

In the Cas9 protein, you've got two RNA molecules. You can actually make them all one RNA molecule by adding a few base pairs to link them up. And then the CAS9 protein will snip, snip, and cut both strands of the viral double-stranded DNA. Which inactivates it? Yes. So non-homologous enjoining with CRISPR often inactivates genes.

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