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Re:CRISPR eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals by a_imho on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @03:31AM (#14253717)
Can we crispr resistant bacteria to be susceptible to penicillin/antibiotics again?
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Re:CRISPR eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals by ccozan on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @04:10AM (#14253878)
Interesting idea. So you would first infect voluntarily with a custom virus that targets the bacteria by using CRISPR to remove the DNA strand of the resistance, then simply use the usual antibiotics to kill it.
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Re:CRISPR eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals by mathw on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @04:48AM (#14254025)
At that point couldn't you just make a custom virus which kills the bacteria, so it happens in one step?
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