Researchers at Duke University and North Carolina State University have discovered a handful of new CRISPR-Cas systems that ...

Bioengineering professor and The Grainger College of Engineering's Dean, Rashid Bashir, led a team of researchers in a project that's resulted in new technology that offers rapid, highly sensitive ...

Bioengineering professor and The Grainger College of Engineering's Dean, Rashid Bashir, led a team of researchers in a ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." ...

A team of researchers has developed an advanced gene-based diagnostic technology that enables rapid and highly sensitive detection of multi-drug-resistant bacteria and other pathogens, even at ...

A detailed look at the predicted structure of a new CRISPR-Cas tool that promises to expand the genomic editing and manipulating abilities of the original. Researchers at Duke University and North ...

This is done without the need for nucleic acid amplification. In CRISPR/Cas-based diagnostic tests, guide RNAs bind pathogen DNA or RNA, triggering Cas enzymes to become active and cleave the ...

The blueprints for these molecules can be found in the ... CRISPR-Cas Technology: Balancing Efficiency and Safety Dec. 4, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered a serious side effect of using the ...