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Title: Method of the year: slicing and dicing with gene-editing nucleases Post by: bio_man on Dec 29, 2011 Gene-editing nucleases can make targeted and precise changes to an organism’s genome. This has opened up new possibilities for the study of gene function, as well as the treatment of disease. While gene-editing nucleases have been in use since the mid-1990s, in the form of zinc finger nucleases, the more recent discovery of TALENs (transcriptor-like effector nucleases) has created new interest. In the video above, Nature Methods technology editor Monya Baker explains how gene-editing nucleases work and why they were chosen as Nature Methods ‘Method of the Year’ for 2011.
Video: http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/12/method-of-the-year-slicing-and-dicing-with-gene-editing-nucleases.html (http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/12/method-of-the-year-slicing-and-dicing-with-gene-editing-nucleases.html) Title: Re: Method of the year: slicing and dicing with gene-editing nucleases Post by: jbananas on Dec 29, 2011 This technology could also be used to fight microbial pathogens !
Title: Re: Method of the year: slicing and dicing with gene-editing nucleases Post by: ChristinaF on Dec 29, 2011 Do what extent do u think this can change the fate of genetic disease and what will be the impact on antimicrobials?
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