Genome Editing in Neurosciences

• Main Author: Feng Zhang (auth)
• Other Authors: Rudolf Jaenisch (auth), Fred Gage (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2017
• Series: Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences
• Subjects: Neurosciences; CRISPR; muscular dystrophy; Parkinson's disease; DNA; Rett syndrome; double-strand breaks; Huntington's disease; genetic engineering
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Innovations in molecular biology are allowing neuroscientists to study the brain with unprecedented resolution, from the level of single molecules to integrated gene circuits. Chief among these innovations is the CRISPR-Cas genome editing technology, which has the precision and scalability to tackle...