Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?
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...excise the HIV-1 genome from every infected cell and 2. prevent reinfection of those cells. Kaminski et al...pre-treatment levels due to the viral reservoirs located in latently infected cells. Although ART-treated...toxic proteins, CRISPR/Cas9 SAM caused apoptosis, indicating a true “shock and kill” response.
Cutting HIV...create mutations in genes essential to HIV-1 replication. However, this approach could permit some viral...along with Cas9 in the T-cell line 2D10. PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing of pooled samples showed... HIV-1 could escape from CRISPR/Cas9-induced modification targeting either the LTRs or essential genes...genes. Many of these escape mutations were located near the Cas9 cut site, leading Wang et al. to conclude...