New CRISPR proteins expand editing access to heart disease genes
November 04, 2026
November 04, 2026
HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 4 -- Rice University posted the following news release:
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New CRISPR proteins expand editing access to heart disease genes
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Rice University's Han Xiao has used his AI-supported Sequence Display technology to expand the targeting abilities of CRISPR/Cas9. In a paper recently published in Nature Communications, Xiao evolved several variants of a compact Cas9 that could efficiently target stretches of DNA previously . . .
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New CRISPR proteins expand editing access to heart disease genes
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Rice University's Han Xiao has used his AI-supported Sequence Display technology to expand the targeting abilities of CRISPR/Cas9. In a paper recently published in Nature Communications, Xiao evolved several variants of a compact Cas9 that could efficiently target stretches of DNA previously . . .