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CRISPR hack transforms cells into data recorders

Gene-editing tool can be harnessed to give a close-up view of life's most basic processes.
  1. Heidi Ledford
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Researchers have harnessed the popular gene-editing tool CRISPR–Cas9 to turn DNA into a sensitive recording device that can document the duration and order of events within cells — and even erase and re-record information in the same genome.

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Nature 554, 414-415 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-02068-0

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