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CRISPR

noun, verb — 4 senses

CRISPR

noun

/ˈkrɪspər/

Etymology Acronym of clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.

1

Biology, Microbiology, Natural sciences Segments of bacteria and archaea DNA containing short repetitions of base sequences.

  • Crispr is a guide molecule made of RNA, that allows a specific site of interest on the DNA double helix to be targeted.2018 October 14, Sarah Marsh, “Essays reveal Stephen Hawking predicted race of 'superhumans'”, in The Guardian:
2

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences The CRISPR/Cas9 system, which functions to provide immunity to bacteria and archaea by finding a section of DNA and replacing it with an alternative.

  • For the first time, doctors in the U.S. have used the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to treat a patient with a genetic disorder.2019 July 29, Rob Stein, “In A 1st, Doctors In U.S. Use CRISPR Tool To Treat Patient With Genetic Disorder”, in npr:
3

Any technique or process or system for editing genomes by laboratory use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

CRISPR

verb

Etymology Acronym of clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.

1

Informal To edit genomes by laboratory use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

  • In this planned trial, doctors will remove cancer patients' T cells, “CRISPR” them, and then reinfuse them in the hope that they will recognize and attack the patients' cancers.2017, Robin L. Smith, Max Gomez, Cells Are the New Cure:
  • Having CRISPRed the cells we next wanted to identify the types of modification that have been generated.2017, Alexandra Franz, Erich Brunner, Konrad Baslter, “Generation of genome-modified Drosophila cell lines using SwAP”, in Fly, volume 11, number 4:
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  • Two successful applications of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in an SCN- and cell-type-specific fashion [5] will all but certainly add to the common refrain of 'just CRISPR it' (grad students and postdocs, insert groan here).2017 May, Marc D. Ruben, John B. Hogenesch, “Circadian Rhythms: Move over neurons—astrocytes mediate SCN clock function”, in Current Biology, volume 27, number 9:

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