Supposing the resistance might have roots in a CRISPR-like mechanism, Raoult’s team sequenced genomes from the three giant-virus lineages, and found a 28-nucleotide stretch of DNA in lineage A ...

researchers reported using synthetic genomics and a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-­associated protein 9 (CRISPR-Cas9)–inhibited helper virus to create live African ...

This self-helper virus is an inhibited version of ASFV which has been modified using CRISPR/Cas9 technology ... Mayaro, and Ebola viruses, which have caused significant outbreaks and pose serious ...