CRISPR might cause more unintended DNA damage than we thought

The researchers tested three types of cells — mouse embryonic stem cells, mouse bone marrow cells and human retinal cells — and observed that the CRISPR system resulted in DNA rearrangements and DNA deletions that were sometimes hundreds or even thousands of DNA letters long. And the problem appears to arise in the repair portion …

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