%0 Journal Article %T CRISPR/Cas9 ¨C An evolving biological tool kit for cancer biology and oncology %A Ann M. Bode %A Mee-Hyun Lee %A Satyananda Patel %A Tingxuan Gu %A Xueli Tian %A Zigang Dong %J Archive of "NPJ Precision Oncology". %D 2019 %R 10.1038/s41698-019-0080-7 %X CRISPR/Cas9-based gene modification. Common methods of delivering the CRISPR system include a plasmid-based method and Cas9 protein complex with sgRNA or RNP. After the sgRNA binds to the target site of genomic DNA, the Cas9 protein creates a DSB around the PAM site. Random indels or precise modifications introduced into the genomic DNA by the NHEJ or HDR pathwa %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6423228/