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In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA, single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA.

In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA, single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA.

AUSTIN, Texas — In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose

When the guide RNA binds to the wrong sequence, it normally fails to create the characteristic kink that enables the Cas9 to slice the DNA.

AUSTIN, Texas — One of the grand challenges with using CRISPR-based gene editing on humans is that the molecular machinery sometimes makes changes to the

Researchers at UT Austin have redesigned a CRISPR Gene-Editing toolto be 4,0000 times less likely to target the wrong strand of DNA.

A redesigned Cas9 is thousands of times less likely to target the wrong stretch of DNA while remaining just as efficient as the original version.

Date Time Scientists Discover How Remdesivir Works to Inhibit Coronavirus More effective antiviral treatments could be on the way after research from The University of Texas at Austin sheds new light on the COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir, the only treatment of its kind currently approved in the U.S. for the coronavirus. Remdesivir targets a part of the coronavirus that allows it to make copies of itself and spread through the body. For the first time, scientists identified a critical mechan...