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Scientists Discover Ancient Gene-Editing System in Viruses

Researchers identify a powerful, billions-of-years-old gene-targeting system called VIPR that may predate and surpass CRISPR technology.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 17 Sept 2026 · updated 16h ago

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  1. The Next Gene-Editing Technology May Also Be the Oldest The New York Times ·
  2. Discovery of CRISPR's long lost ancestor may expand gene-editing toolkit Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories

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  • VIPR
  • CRISPR