CRISPR Acts as Commander-In-Chief for Backup Defenses in Bacteria

July 24, 2026
Read time: <5 mins

Researchers studying CRISPR uncovered a role for the well-known bacterial immune system that had gone unnoticed. What they found reveals another layer in how bacteria protect themselves when their first line of defense fails, and it could open new possibilities for how scientists work with phages.

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