Template-free DNA and no dogma broken

Perhaps you came across a Science news piece published last week, presented with a fair amount of hype. Title: Scientists stunned by ‘fundamentally new way’ life produces DNA.” Subtitle: “Newly discovered bacterial defense system challenges genetic code’s central dogma.”

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MetaCRISPR, how to edit microbiomes

Jill Banfield and Jennifer Doudna (photo by Keegan Houser)

The best way to summarize the new metaCRISPR approach, recently published in Nature Microbiology, is the Twitter thread by Jill Banfield:

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