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Test Your Knowledge on CRISPR

Developed by Dr. Lakshmi Venkataraman, MD
Health Quiz reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on Aug 18, 2018

Last Updated on Aug 18, 2018

CRISPR/CAS Technology - Potential Cure For All Diseases

CRISPR/Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) technology is a revolutionary gene cutting tool and has innumerable uses in medicine such as removing cancer or disease causing genes and inserting normal genes. Take this quiz to learn more about this novel technology.

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This Quiz has 10 questions.

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CRISPR is an acronym for Clustered Regularly-Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

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Recommended Reading on CRISPR

New Drug Targets for Cancer Identified Using CRISPR

New Drug Targets for Cancer Identified Using CRISPR

CRISPR gene editing tool was used to identify synthetic-lethal genetic interactions which could be used to develop new drug targets for cancer therapy.

CRISPR is a gene editing tool that is revolutionizing medical care with prospective cure for genetic diseases like cancer, diabetes, DMD, eye diseases, obesity.

CRISPR Used to Modify Vision Loss Caused by Genetic Mutation

CRISPR Used to Modify Vision Loss Caused by Genetic Mutation

Removing the Nrl gene using CRISPR is found to reverse vision loss in people with retinitis pigmentosa, providing a potential therapeutic method.

CRISPR-Cas9 Effective Against Genetic Disorder

CRISPR-Cas9 Effective Against Genetic Disorder

Scientists have altered hematopoietic stem cells from patients with chronic granulomatous disease using CRISPR-Cas9 and successfully injected into the host.

CRISPR Gene Editing for Common Blood Disorders

CRISPR Gene Editing for Common Blood Disorders

CRISPR gene editing could be used to exploit naturally occurring mutations as treatments for blood diseases such as beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease, revealed researchers.

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