Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research
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...cancer dependency database used to make this information accessible to the research community. Sean Misek... to guides in the Broad’s Genomic Perturbation Platform Avana library (used by the Cancer Dependency Map...of the dependencies detected.
Given this new information, Misek notes that in theory, if the DepMap analysis...used CRISPR screens, they had also found the information they needed to begin correcting the issue. Working...and Adam Brown from Broad's Genetic Perturbation Platform to design a new library that is agnostic to ancestry... are working with Broad's Genetic Perturbation Platform to modify the CRISpick algorithm to prevent guides...