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[–] DoYouNot@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago (2 children)

CRISPR is for cutting, not reading or writing.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

dont you try to out pedant me

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 10 points 8 months ago

Lean in.

Cas9 is the endonuclease. CRISPR refers to DNA sequences responsible for 'guide' RNA. Something else made the sequence to be inserted. The cell's repair mechanism ligates the ends back together.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Crispr is how I tell McDonald's I want my fries but what I receive is some fucked up mutation of what I expected.