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Horizon Discovery CRISPRi and CRISPRa Screening Services

Sep 18, 2017

Horizon Discovery announced that it has expanded its functional genomic screening portfolio to include CRISPRi (interference) and CRISPRa (activation) screening services. Horizon's CRISPRi/CRISPRa screening platform substantially broadens the range of possible studies through the capacity to reduce or increase, rather than completely eliminating gene expression, the company said. This enables customers to address critical gaps in target ID and validation as they work to develop novel and more effective drug therapies. The screening capabilities are based on the company's highly optimised CRISPR knockout screening platform. Horizon has also developed an enhanced solution that combines both CRISPRi and CRISPRa screening. This combined solution can reveal 'switch'-like genes that display opposing effects when activated or inhibited in the presence of the drug of interest.

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