Editing Streptococcus pyogenes (section)

=== Genome editing ===
The [[CRISPR]] system from this organism<ref name="Deltcheva2011">{{cite journal | vauthors = Deltcheva E, Chylinski K, Sharma CM, Gonzales K, Chao Y, Pirzada ZA, Eckert MR, Vogel J, Charpentier E | display-authors = 6 | title = CRISPR RNA maturation by trans-encoded small RNA and host factor RNase III | journal = Nature | volume = 471 | issue = 7340 | pages = 602–607 | date = March 2011 | pmid = 21455174 | pmc = 3070239 | doi = 10.1038/nature09886 | bibcode = 2011Natur.471..602D }}</ref> that is used to recognize and destroy [[DNA]] from invading viruses, thus stopping the infection, was appropriated in 2012 for use as a genome-editing tool that could potentially alter any piece of DNA and later [[RNA]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/science/rna-c2c2-gene-editing-dna-crispr.html|title=Scientists Find Form of Crispr Gene Editing With New Capabilities| vauthors = Zimmer C |date=June 3, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref>