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New gene-editing technique offers scientists ability to ‘turn on’ enzymes that cause DNA base mutations
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New gene-editing technique offers scientists ability to ‘turn on’ enzymes that cause DNA base mutations

by University of Pennsylvania 3D-model of DNA. Credit: Michael Ströck/Wikimedia/ GNU Free Documentation License Targeted mutations to the genome can now be introduced by splitting specific mutator enzymes and then triggering them to reconstitute, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Led by graduate student Kiara Berríos under the...