Scientists Create New CRISPR Protein. It Could Make Gene Editing More Flexible

CRISPR-Cas9 is here to stay. And for good reason. The gene editing system -- which is cheap, fast and more precise than previous techniques -- blew the gates open for all sorts of research when it hit the scene back in 2012. Traditionally, it's hinged on the use of a protein that's right there in the name, Cas9, a member of the Cas protein family. Now, researchers at the Broad Institute and the National Institutes of Health have announced in a paper Nature Communications that Cas9 could hav