Using CRISPR to combat viral infections: a new way to treat herpes?
Using CRISPR to combat viral infections: a new way to treat herpes?
PLOS Pathogens researchers used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to suppress and in some cases eliminate viral replication of herpesviruses, some of the most persistent and most common viruses.
Research Article: van Diemen FR, Kruse EM, Hooykaas MJG, Bruggeling CE, Schürch AC, van Ham PM, et al. (2016) CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing of Herpesviruses Limits Productive and Latent Infections. PLoS Pathog 12(6): e1005701. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005701
To read the full article: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005701
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