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Using two CRISPR enzymes, a COVID diagnostic...

August 5, 2021
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Berkeley auctions NFTs of Nobel Prize-winning...

May 27, 2021
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CRISPR-based device rapidly spots...

April 5, 2021
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March 30, 2021
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December 10, 2020
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New CRISPR-based COVID-19 test uses...

December 4, 2020
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October 7, 2020
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Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna: Gene editing...

October 7, 2020
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September 9, 2020
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