Scientists edit the genes of gut bacteria in living mice

NEWS 10 July 2024 Correction 12 July 2024 Scientists edit the genes of gut bacteria in living mice A ‘base editor’ successfully modified a gene in more than 90% of Escherichia coli bacteria

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Twitter Facebook Email Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Scientists have designed a gene-editing tool that can modify bacterial populations in the gut microbiome of living

mice1.

Nature 631, 720-721 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02238-3

Updates & Corrections Correction 12 July 2024: A previous version of this story incorrectly described the effect of the base editor in the bacteria.

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