Researchers managed to revive ancient CRISPR ancestors which they believe could open new doors for revolutionary uses in medicine and more.
A group of researchers managed to do something intriguing and revolutionary. According to a new study published in, international researchers have managed to revive ancient CRISPR ancestors that date back as far as 2.6 billion years ago. These ancestors, they say, contain working systems that could have revolutionary applications.
Gene editing has taken a massive swing in recent years, with tons of advanced being made over the past couple of years alone. From trying to create hypoallergenic cats to creatingNow, with the discovery of these new CRISPR ancestors, the researchers say we could find more antiviral properties to help us fight the diseases and viruses we’re dealing with in this time and age.
The research is exceptionally intriguing, though still in the very early stages of accomplishing anything super meaningful with it that we can actually put to use. But that isn’t intended to downplay what these researchers have discovered. Instead, it should simply paint a timeline that these discoveries aren’t likely to lead to revolutionary applications in the next week.
Still, seeing such successful research surrounding CRISPR ancestors is amazing, and something that folks in the gene-editing field can look forward to digging into more as new research comes out about it. Perhaps in the future, we’ll even find new ways to
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