Main description:

CRISPR in Animals and Animal Models, Volume 152, the latest release in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, explores the genome editing CRISPR system in cells and animal models, its applications, the uses of the CRISPR system, and the past, present and future of CRISPR genome editing. Topics of interest in this updated volume include a section on CRISPR history, The genome editing revolution, Programming CRISPR and its applications, CRISPR Delivery methods, CRISPR libraries and screening, CRISPR investigation in haploid cells, CRISPR in the generation of transgenic animals, CRISPR therapeutics, and Promising strategies and present challenges.

Contents:

1. CRISPR History: Discovery, Characterization, and Prosperity Wenyuan Han and Qunxin She 2. CRISPR/Cas9 Technology: Applications and Human Disease Modeling Marta Martinez-Lage, Raul Torres-Ruiz and Sandra Rodriguez-Perales 3. Dynamics of Indel Profiles Induced by Various CRISPR/Cas9 Delivery Methods Michael Kosicki, Sandeep Sundara Rajan, Flaminia C. Lorenzetti, Hans H. Wandall, Yoshiki Narimatsu, Emmanouil Metzakopian and Eric P. Bennett 4. CRISPR Libraries and Screening John T. Poirier 5. Genome Engineering Using Haploid Embryonic Stem Cells Takuro Horii and Izuho Hatada 6. CRISPR in Animals and Animal Models Ellen Shrock and Marc Guell 7. Gene Editing and CRISPR Therapeutics: Strategies Taught by Cell and Gene Therapy Juan C. Ramirez