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Claim Text: Dr. Doudna said she felt humbled to think that an ancestor of gene-editing systems was sitting in her lab freezer for years.
Simplified Text: Dr. Doudna said that an ancestor of gene-editing systems had been present in her lab freezer for years.
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Claim Maker: Dr. Doudna
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Created: September 18, 2026 at 7:08 PM (3 weeks ago)
Last Updated: September 18, 2026 at 7:08 PM (3 weeks ago)

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The Next Gene-Editing Technology May Also Be the Oldest

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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/17/science/crispr-gene-editing-vipr.html

Scientists have discovered VIPR, a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses that appears to predate CRISPR and may be even more effective. This ancient system, over four billion years old, could offer advantages over CRISPR due to its smaller size and wider targeting capabilities.

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Dr. Doudna and her colleagues propose that VIPR arose early in Earth’s history, well over four billion years ago. 1.000

Simplified: Dr. Doudna and her colleagues propose that the VIPR system originated more than four billion years ago.

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Dr. Doudna and her students see in this biochemistry a weapon that viruses must be deploying against other viruses. 1.000

Simplified: Dr. Doudna and her students hypothesize that the VIPR system is a weapon used by viruses against other viruses.

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Since the first CRISPR systems were discovered in the 1990s, scientists have found them in an ever-growing number of microbes. 1.000

Simplified: The first CRISPR systems were discovered in the 1990s.

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This system, called VIPR, appears to be more than four billion years old, and it seems be the evolutionary ancestor of CRISPR, the researchers wrote in two papers published in Science. 1.000

Simplified: Researchers wrote in two papers in the journal Science that the VIPR system is over four billion years old and is the evolutionary ancestor of CRISPR.

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CRISPR arose from this viral weapon, the researchers suggest, when microbes seized the system for their own use. 1.000

Simplified: Researchers suggest that CRISPR evolved after microbes adapted a viral weapon system for their own purposes.

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