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SUMMARY:Horizon’s Adventures in CRISPR land - Dr Nicola McCarthy
DTSTART:20171205T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing has received a lot of publicity over 
 recent years. Often presented as an ‘easy’ route to gene modification\
 , like any other biological process\, CRISPR-Cas9 has its advantages and c
 hallenges. For drug discovery\, CRISPR-Cas9 screens have been touted as th
 e new and improved platform for target identification and validation – p
 erceived to have many advantages and few disadvantages compared with siRNA
 . This talk will focus on whether this viewpoint is justified and whether 
 CRISPR-Cas9 screens will help to move more robust targets into cancer-spec
 ific drug discovery.
LOCATION:Department of Biochemistry\, Sanger Building Jean Thomas Lecture 
 Theatre
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