Kalinna BH. Programming schistosomes - a crisper approach to transgenesis.
Trends Parasitol 2023;
39:896-897. [PMID:
37718190 DOI:
10.1016/j.pt.2023.09.003]
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Abstract
Ittiprasert and colleagues identified genomic safe harbour (GSH) sites in Schistosoma mansoni using computational methods and inserted a transgene into one of the sites through clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9-assisted homology-directed repair. This study outlines a promising strategy for functional genomics to study this parasite that causes a debilitating and neglected tropical disease.
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