A team of engineers at the University of Delaware has developed a method to use CRISPR/Cas9 technology to set off a cascade of activities in cells, a phenomenon known as conditional gene regulation. Their method, described in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, introduces a new functionality to CRISPR, one of today’s most-talked-about technologies. Gene editing…
Findings Could Lead To Treatment Of Hepatitis B
Researchers at the University of Delaware, working with colleagues at Indiana University, have gained new insights into the virus that causes hepatitis B—a life-threatening and incurable infection that afflicts more than 250 million people worldwide. The discovery reveals previously unknown details about the capsid, or protein shell, that encloses the virus’ genetic blueprint. Scientists believe that…