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ReviewMolecular biology reports2025

Current trends in application of CRISPR/Cas9 in gene editing and diagnostics in Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

Amneet Kaur Badwal, Sushma Singh

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Review in Molecular biology reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Amneet Kaur BadwalDepartment of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, 160062, India.
Sushma SinghDepartment of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, 160062, India. sushmasingh@niper.ac.in.

Funding

Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) CRG/2022/002746
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) include more than a dozen of diseases which despite their fatality receive less attention from the research community worldwide. High cost diagnosis of these diseases and lack of trained community which can accurately interpret them is the major drawback in the healthcare system. Nowadays, in the genetic engineering era more emphasis is given to the modern gene editing tools such as Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases (TALENS), Zinc Finger Nucleases (ZFNs) and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) due to their unique tailoring molecular machinery. This review article details the applicability of CRISPR/Cas9 as a modern gene editing tool in case of NTD parasites such as trypanosomatids with an aim to target their virulent genes. It has been observed through a number of studies that knocking in/out virulent genes of these parasites have led to a significant decrease in infectivity, growth rates along with morphological defects. The article also mentions various advanced CRISPR/Cas based diagnostics such as Specific High-Sensitivity Enzymatic Reporter unLOCKing (SHERLOCK) and SHERLOCK4HAT which can detect parasite concentration as low as 2 attomolar/L (aM: 10

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingNeglected DiseasesAnimalsHumansTropical MedicineCRISPR/Cas9CRISPR/Cas based diagnosticsLeishmaniasisNeglected tropical diseasesTrypanosomiasis

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