{"id":244302,"date":"2026-09-21T09:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/gene-that-drives-blood-cancer-drug-resistance-uncovered-with-new-crispr-activation-tool"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:05:57","slug":"gene-that-drives-blood-cancer-drug-resistance-uncovered-with-new-crispr-activation-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/gene-that-drives-blood-cancer-drug-resistance-uncovered-with-new-crispr-activation-tool","title":{"rendered":"Gene that drives blood cancer drug resistance uncovered with new CRISPR activation tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/gene-that-drives-blood-cancer-drug-resistance-uncovered-with-new-crispr-activation-tool.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown gene that causes resistance to a leading blood cancer drug, as well as several genes that accelerate lymphoma growth, using a powerful new CRISPR activation library.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional CRISPR is a genetic engineering tool that allows scientists to easily delete specific genes in an organism\u2019s DNA and assess their role and importance. It has become a cornerstone technology in cancer research.<\/p>\n<p>A newer frontier is <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2024-01-danish-pave-diagnosis-rare-genetic.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\">CRISPR activation<\/a>, a technique that enables the activation of specific genes. It offers valuable insights into the roles of certain genes in cancer and other genetic disorders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown gene that causes resistance to a leading blood cancer drug, as well as several genes that accelerate lymphoma growth, using a powerful new CRISPR activation library. Traditional CRISPR is a genetic engineering tool that allows scientists to easily delete specific genes in an organism\u2019s DNA and assess their role [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1902,11,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bioengineering","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}