Purpose
to exploit non-lytic bacteriophage for treating enteric infections in low resource settings by engineering them to encode a CRISPR-Cas9 defense system targeted to pathogenic bacteria such as Shigella.
Grantee
Division
Global Health
Date
OCTOBER 2015
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
18
Grantee location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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