| Literature DB >> 28287876 |
Leonhard Kick1, Marion Kirchner1, Sabine Schneider1.
Abstract
The adaptive bacterial immune system CRISPR-Cas is revolutionizing all fields of life science and has opened up new frontiers toward personalised medicine. Since the elucidation of the molecular mechanism of Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes in 2012 and its development as a genomic engineering tool, genetic modifications in more than 40 species have been performed, over 290 patents have been filed worldwide and the first clinical trials using CRISPR-Cas-modified T-cells have recently been started in China and in the US. In this review we summarise current design developments, novel Cas systems and their antagonists, present and potential future applications as well as the ongoing debate on ethical issues, which has arisen through the CRISPR-Cas technology.Entities:
Keywords: CRISPR-Cas; bacterial immune system; clinical trials; genome editing
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28287876 PMCID: PMC5470512 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2017.1299834
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioengineered ISSN: 2165-5979 Impact factor: 3.269