CRISPR-based interrogation of alternative lengthening of telomeres: mapping dependencies, stress-buffering pathways, and therapeutic vulnerabilities.
Alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) is a telomerase-independent telomere maintenance mechanism that supports the growth of approximately 5-10% of human tumors and represents an attractive but insufficiently explored therapeutic target. CRISPR-based functional genomics has emerged as a powerful approach to system...