Fine tuning the genome

• Autores: Michael Le Page
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3078, 2016, págs. 32-35
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the past couple of years, gene-editing has been making headlines, thanks to a revolutionary tool called CRISPR that has made it cheap and easy to alter the DNA inside cells. But David Segal's team at the University of California, Davis, is one of many that is adapting gene-editing tools so they can be used to control genes rather than change them. Put another way, they are using it to edit the epigenome rather than the genome. Le Page examines epigenome editing and the tools used to turn genes on and off that could make people healthier or conquer diseases.