Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

kept by eddie sep 26

Anthropic's Claude AI model identified a previously unknown enzyme system featuring CRISPR-like repeat sequences, suggesting a new mechanism for genetic regulation.

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