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Accurately editing genes in living cells means grappling with knots in DNA – Phys.org

Gene editing with CRISPR enzymes inside living cells could become more effective and accurate after researchers at The University of Texas at Austin unveiled how…

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Gene editing with CRISPR enzymes inside living cells could become more effective and accurate after researchers at The University of Texas at Austin unveiled how inner workings can help or hinder the process.
The new insights are in a study published today in the journal Science Advances.
One of the challenges of editing DNA inside living cells is that there are 2 meters’ worth of DNA in a microscopic cellular nucleusabout the equivalent of the length of a giraffe’s neck of information stored in…

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