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Understanding CRISPR-Cas9 Technology

CRISPR-Cas9 is a molecular tool that can edit or correct genomes by cutting DNA at precise locations. It uses a series of Cas9 proteins and CRISPR sequences to act as molecular scissors that cut DNA in a precise and controlled way, allowing modification by removing or inserting new DNA. This technology can regulate gene expression, label genome sites in living cells, identify and modify gene functions to correct defects, and create disease models, helping cure previously incurable genetic diseases.

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Understanding CRISPR-Cas9 Technology

CRISPR-Cas9 is a molecular tool that can edit or correct genomes by cutting DNA at precise locations. It uses a series of Cas9 proteins and CRISPR sequences to act as molecular scissors that cut DNA in a precise and controlled way, allowing modification by removing or inserting new DNA. This technology can regulate gene expression, label genome sites in living cells, identify and modify gene functions to correct defects, and create disease models, helping cure previously incurable genetic diseases.

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CRISPR-CAS9

BIOTECHNOLOGY
WHAT IS CRISPR / CAS9
TECHNOLOGY?

It is a molecular tool used to


“edit” or “correct” the genome
of any cell.
CRISPR=Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic
Repeats.

Cas9=Series of proteins, mainly nucleases, which were named after the


CRISPR associated system.
It would be something like molecular scissors
that are capable of cutting any DNA molecule
doing it in addition to a very precise and fully
controlled way.
“THAT ABILITY TO CUT THE DNA IS WHAT ALLOWS YOU TO MODIFY YOUR
SEQUENCE, REMOVING OR INSERTING NEW DNA.”
• Regulate gen expression
• Label specific genome sites
in living cells
• Identify and modify gene
functions and correct
defective genes
• It is also already being used
to create animal models to
study complex diseases
such as schizophrenia
How will life change us?

In the relatively near future it will


help to cure diseases whose genetic
cause is known and that until now
were incurable.

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