Harvard, MGH Team Creates CRISPR/Cas9 Variant That Eliminates Off-Target Effects

Jan 06, 2016

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Scientists have designed a Cas9 nuclease that exhibits the effectiveness of the gold-standard Streptococcus pyogenes CRISPR/Cas9 editing system but shows effectively no detectable off-target activity, according to a new study published today in Nature.

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