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2010s

CRISPR genome-editing systems

2010s · International research teams

Documentary view of CRISPR genome-editing systems.
CRISPR-Cas9 is a customizable tool that lets scientists cut and insert small pieces of DNA at precise areas along a DNA strand. This lets scientists study our genes in a specific, targeted way. Credit: Ernesto del Aguila III, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIHNIH Image Gallery from Bethesda, Maryland, USA · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source record