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According to the article, this is based on "Crispr gene-editing" technologies. I am no gene-specialist, but apparently it "latches on to a set of letters of a g
by niklasrde 6y ago
According to the article, this is based on "Crispr gene-editing" technologies.
I am no gene-specialist, but apparently it "latches on to a set of letters of a gene carrying the signature of the novel coronavirus, highlights it [with] two blue lines [to] indicate a positive result".
I feel like none of that sounds like it's got much to do with gene editing? CRISPR itself is just a system of DNA, right, but in itself has not got much to do with gene editing?
- mnw21cam 6y agoCRISPR is more commonly paired with Cas9. The CRISPR part is the bit that latches onto a specific DNA sequence, and the Cas9 part cuts the DNA at that particular location. So CRISPR is key to gene editing, but can be used in other things like this.