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Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Mutation Prevention System

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A Wyss Institute team devised a CRISPR/Cas9-based mutation prevention system that is capable of discriminating a single nucleotide variation (indicated here in green) in the DNA code (in blue) to readily remove newly occurring disease-associated mutations.

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