Tiny MIghty CasPhi Gene-Editing
Channel: UC Berkeley
Date: 2020-07-16

UC Berkeley researchers Basem Al-Shayeb and Patrick Pausch have discovered “CasPhi”. It’s a protein that may make the technique, CRISPR, that has recently accelerated gene-editing research even more effective for treating genetic diseases in the future and improving agriculture.

For the full story: https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/07/16/megaphages-harbor-mini-cas-proteins-ideal-for-gene-editing/

Video by Roxanne Makasdjian

Additional image/video footage credits:
:33 - Bacterial phage image, courtesy Ying-Rong Lin, Chan-Shing Lin
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phage.phiPP2.jpeg

:47 -  bacteriophages attached to a bacterial cell wall, courtesy Dr. Graham Beards
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phage.jpg

1:03 -  Fighting Infection with Phages, courtesy NIH / NIAID
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/video-fighting-infection-phages

1:17 - Norovirus illustration, courtesy CDC/Alissa Eckert
https://phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=21347

1:25 - Influenza viron, courtesy Dan Higgins
https://phil.cdc.gov/details_linked.aspx?pid=11876

3:57 - video: Partnering with Patients to Advance Asthma Research, courtesy NIH / NIAID
https://youtu.be/AJOLwLC7gqU

4:03 - No One Dies Alone at UCLA Hospitals, courtesy UCLA Medical Center
https://youtu.be/W4j37cCyDIc

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