New tool for cutting DNA: Promising prospects for biotechnology

ScienceDaily
Apr 14, 2025, 12:44 pm97 pts
A team discovers a new family of enzymes capable of inducing targeted cuts in single-stranded DNA A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific world. Developed from a derivative of the immune system of bacteria, CRISPR enables double strands of nucleotides…

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