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Broad takes RNA CRISPR into viral infections

Cas13 continues to prove its worth as the latest Broad CRISPR study points to antiviral applications

October 10, 2019 11:23 PM UTC

The latest CRISPR study from the Broad Institute takes gene editing into infections caused by RNA viruses, using Cas13 -- which is proving to be one of the most versatile of the CRISPR-Cas enzyme family.

In a paper published in Molecular Cell on Thursday, a Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard team led by Pardis Sabeti showed that CRISPR-Cas13 can kill RNA viruses in infected cells...