The scientists discovered two CRISPR/Cas systems in microbial communities, as well as the first Cas9 in archaea, opening the door for new genome-editing technologies.
The Broad Institute has a shot to end the dispute by early 2017 but the more likely outcome is that the parties will argue over whether to fracture the CRISPR IP estate.
The software combines the output of multiple data projection methods with gene signature information to help users identify meaningful biological processes.
After CRISPR/Cas9 makes a double-strand break in DNA and the cell repairs it, the same set of mutations crop up again and again based on the genomic sequence.
The email, which claimed the Broad Institute did not deserve key CRISPR patents, is one of several attention-grabbing items in newly released documents.
In a letter, about two dozen researchers criticize the World Health Organization investigation into the origins of SARS-CoV-2 and call for a new inquiry, the Wall Street Journal reports.