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Claude discovers an unknown enzyme system in bacteriophage DNA
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Anthropic says Claude discovered a previously unknown enzyme system in bacteriophage DNA, next to a stretch of repetitive DNA resembling CRISPR. The system's function is not yet known, but the few known systems with similar features can cut, copy, and paste DNA. Anthropic says more research is needed to determine what it does and whether it could be used for gene therapies like CRISPR.
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