https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m CRISPR en-us 2017-12-13 18:29:40 UTC 2017-12-20 20:42:28 UTC hello@padlet.com orel https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/215931821 2017-12-13 18:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/215931821 orel https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/215933434 CRISPR, is a new, cheaper and more effective way to edit genetics. CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, it was found in bacteria as their defense system, and is the foundation for CRISPR-cas9.]]> 2017-12-13 18:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/215933434 orel https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/215933521 https://www.broadinstitute.org/what-broad/areas-focus/project-spotlight/questions-and-answers-about-crispr |
https://www.yourgenome.org/facts/what-is-crispr-cas9]]> 2017-12-13 18:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/215933521 orel https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/215947890 Cas-9 is an enzyme that works with CRISPR. cas-9 acts like molecular scissors, by being able to cut specific points of he DNA strand, it can also put in the new DNA sequence. Guide RNA is also used to "guide" the cas-9
.]]> 2017-12-13 19:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/215947890 orel https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217014677 We can find new ways to eliminate illness, possibly live without world hunger and maybe even stop aging. A lot can come from this, but it's still on such a small scale that it may take a new breakthrough for it to reach the goal we want. ]]> 2017-12-18 16:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217014677 orel https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217017551 I decided to read into a new breakthrough in science, CRISPR. I read the articles and made my own sort of "Newspaper". ]]> 2017-12-18 16:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217017551 orel https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217058764 RNA is a nucleic acid that's identical to DNA but only has one strand, it contains information. (imagine DNA, then cut it in half, thats RNA). The Guide part is like an extra, it's a tail on the RNA and it tells where it is to the cas-9, it also binds to the DNA. The RNA itself is made with the same sequences as the DNA in said cell, (20 of them) so it would bind only to that genome.]]> 2017-12-18 18:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217058764 orel https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217077718 2017-12-18 19:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217077718 orel https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217247373 Rarely, if a genome has 19/20 of the sequences pre made in the Guide RNA, then the RNA would bind to that, and the cas-9 would cut that genome, possibly harming the cell. Something else that could separate humans even more than now, the rich being able to change the DNA of their kids before their born. What does this mean? They could change everything about this kid and make them the smartest, strongest etc. The rich would be even more powerful, and they'd be largely separated from the less wealthy.]]> 2017-12-19 14:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217247373 orel https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217341653 ---------------------------------------->]]> 2017-12-19 18:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/orel/fl84rhzlq92m/wish/217341653