Somatic Genome Editing Goes Viral

Trends Mol Med. 2016 Oct;22(10):831-833. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2016.08.004. Epub 2016 Aug 20.

Abstract

Generating new mouse models of cancer is a challenging and laborious task that can require years of investment to interrogate a single gene. Now, Jonkers and colleagues describe the first application of CRISPR-based genome editing in the mammary gland, providing a new approach to dissect complex genetic interactions in vivo.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Breast / metabolism
  • Breast Neoplasms / genetics
  • CRISPR-Cas Systems*
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Gene Editing / methods*
  • Genome
  • Humans
  • Mice