New CRISPR-based map ties every human gene to its function - MIT News
6/9/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Eva Frederick | Whitehead Institute
by Eva Frederick | Whitehead Institute
A new CRISPR-based map ties every human gene to its function using a tool called Perturb-seq. The work was led by Jonathan Weissman and colleagues at MIT and the Whitehead Institute, and is free for other scientists to use.
The Human Genome Project was an ambitious initiative to sequence every piece of human DNA. The project drew together collaborators from research institutions around the world, including MIT's Whitehe… [+8043 chars]
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