Jennifer Doudna’s team found an ancient CRISPR ancestor in viruses using a never-before-seen 'gapped' DNA code; the smaller VIPR system can target broadly and may become a new gene-editing tool

The genetic code is usually described as an orderly language, read one letter after another in precise three-letter units. But nature has never been p…

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