Tag: genome
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How does CRISPR gene editing work?
CRISPR is a genome engineering technology that allows researchers to make precise changes to genetic material across a wide range of organisms. CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats and was first discovered as part of a natural defence mechanism used by bacteria to recognise and destroy viral DNA.1 The CRISPR system consists…
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How can Identical Twins be so Different?
Identical twins will have exactly the same genome (the entire set of DNA instructions in a single cell1) as each other. So why is it that they can be so different, even in traits that have a significant genetic component? Although nature vs nurture can have something to do with this, a deeper answer lies within the recent discoveries of epigenetics. Epigenetics refers to the processes…
