CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects
Type
Blog Post
Published
Feb. 8, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
...interest and has an average off-target frequency of 5%.
Your experiment involves making a large sgRNA ...1,000 targeted cells to sequence. In this instance, a 5% off-target frequency is something to keep in mind...used in human clinical trials. An off-target rate of 5% is far too high when considering human patients and...your off-target frequency to sit at a level of, say 5%, then the majority of single cell editing events ...is an off-target effect.
Should I be concerned about off-target effects?
Depending on your experimental...this could be a huge concern, or nothing to worry about all. Let’s consider several scenarios below for ...Predicting off-target events
As mentioned in the above section, there are gRNA softwares available which...