`Lab in a cell` helps crack code on chlamydia
(WorldNews Health)

Scientists in the U.K. and B.C. have created a “lab in a cell� to study one of the world’s most-widespread, sexually transmitted diseases. Using a gene-editing tool called CRISPR/Cas9, the researchers are able to alter the properties of white blood cells in specific ways to see how chlamydia bacteria are able to penetrate and overwhelm cells, according to microbiologist Robert […] ......