US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on June 9 for "Compositions, methods, and systems for genome editing technology" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,917, issued on June 9, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Compositions, methods, and systems for genome editing technology" was invented by Chase Lawrence Beisel (Raleigh, N.C.) and Scott Collins (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, and systems related to genome editing technology. In particular, the present disclosure provides a novel CRISPR-based genome editing technology that involves the generation of abasic sites to facilitate genetic recombination, without the need for breaks in the DNA. The compositions, methods, and systems described...