New CRISPR patent hearing continues high-stakes legal battle
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CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing complex, molecular structure. The CRISPR-Cas9 protein (orange) is used in genome engineering to cut DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). It uses a guide RNA (ribonucleic acid) sequence (red) to cut DNA (blue) at a complementary cleavage site. For this illustration with labels, see image C038/6358.