‘Jumping genes’ could help CRISPR replace disease-causing DNA, study finds
A "jumping gene" might be harnessed to help CRISPR insert a string of healthy DNA in place of a disease-causing sequence.
It’s the go-to phrase for biologists who know more than they’re telling. Ever since James Watson and Francis Crick ended their 1953 paper on the double helix by coyly saying “it has not escaped our notice” that the discovery might explain how DNA works as the molecule of heredity, other scientists have slipped that clause into papers and turned out to be just as prescient.
In a 2017 study, for instance, four biologists that “it has not escaped our notice” that a funny little “jumping gene” might be harnessed for
