A team of University Laval and Dinisco researchers that were led by Professor Sylvain showed that this device that’s called CRISPR/Cas, works by selecting DNA segments and putting them into distinguishing locations in a bacterium's genome. The segments then function as a kind of immune factor in fighting off invasions by separating approaching DNA. The researchers gave an example of this device by using plasmids. The plasmid used in the example was inserted into bacteria. The certain kind of plasmid is used in making yogurt. Some of the bacteria merged the segments of DNA from the resistance gene into their genome, and advanced efforts to remit the plasmid into the failed bacteria.
My Opinion
The CRISPR/Cas sounds like it could be useful for future references of many bacterial diseases. If the device can show one person the immune system of a bacteria, it can most definitely help with how to get rid of diseases that may be difficult for one person to destroy. How far will the scientists go on this? Is there anything else the CRISPR/Cas can do? How did they receive the plasmid that is in yogurt?
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