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NIH, UCSF Researchers Develop CRISPRi Platform for Genetic Screening of Human Neurons

Aug 15, 2019
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NEW YORK – Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of California, San Francisco have developed a CRISPR interference (CRISPRi)-based platform that can be used to perform genetic screens in human neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).

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