RNA

On Monday, scientists at UC Berkeley's Doudna Lab published research on a new system for targeting RNA sequences using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, or CRISPR, an adaptive immune system present in bacteria, paving the way for additional research and potential medical use.

A team of UC Berkeley researchers recently detected traces of the COVID-19 omicron variant in Bay Area wastewater.

Scientists from UC Berkeley are part of a research team using Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR technology to develop a COVID-19 diagnostic test that is fast, convenient and can be performed on site.

An international team of researchers has identified antibodies that could be used as preventative treatment for COVID-19.

UC Berkeley announced Tuesday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to CRISPR, a gene-editing technology.

Researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Riverside have merged computational and molecular biology to demonstrate the potential that gene modification may have in suppressing mosquito-borne infectious diseases.

A UC Berkeley research team has discovered that a specific molecule inside human cells is responsible for regulating the production of potentially harmful proteins, and by circumventing this regulation the team was able to halve the invasiveness of lung cancer in tested cells.

Building on groundbreaking research in gene therapy released by UC Berkeley scientists, Bay Area researchers will work to push the boundaries of genetic engineering in a new collaboration between UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco.