The Chromatin Digest

Tag: crispr

  • April-June 2026: Research Roundup

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    Hey everyone! After some time away, I thought I should start doing quarterly summaries of recent epigenetics news — short and to the point! April: CRISPR gets its latest upgrade CRISPR-Cas9 complexes have been incredibly useful for editing the genome, however they tend to barge in and make edits/cuts regardless of methylation. A new modified…

  • DNA repair leaves unexpected scars

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    Artistic rendition of enzymes repairing a DNA break. Image from Flickr.com, courtesy of Tom Ellenberger, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Dave Gohara, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. Hi again! I hope everyone had a great Christmas period and New Year. After a few weeks off…