Sci Insight

Month: August 2025

  • CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing

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    By: Amy Hammett Introduction CRISPR, which is short for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, was originally discovered by Ishino from Osaka University in Japan in 1987 in the bacteria Escherichia coli. However, during the time of its discovery, it was difficult to study these particular DNA fragments, which meant their understanding of its significance…

  • The COVID-19 Vaccine Explained

    The COVID-19 Vaccine Explained

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    By: Alyssa Wang Introduction The COVID-19 global pandemic was one of the deadliest outbreaks of recent history, disrupting the lives and health of every person around the world. But one technology that transformed the course of this pandemic was the mRNA vaccine, developed within the astonishingly fast period of less than a year. In today’s…