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If you haven’t heard of CRISPR yet, the short explanation goes like this: In the past nine years, scientists have figured out how to exploit a quirk in the immune systems of bacteria to edit genes in other organisms — plants, mice, even humans. With CRISPR, they can now make these edits quickly and cheaply, in days rather than weeks or months. (The technology is often known as CRISPR/Cas9, but we’ll stick with CRISPR, pronounced “crisper.”)
We’re talking about a powerful new tool to control which genes get expressed in plants, animals, and even humans; the ability to delete undesirable traits and, potentially, add desirable traits with more precision than ever before.
The full article can be found here: https://www.vox.com/2018/7/23/17594864/crispr-cas9-gene-editing
Another article of interest here: https://www.newscientist.com/term/what-is-crispr/
We’re talking about a powerful new tool to control which genes get expressed in plants, animals, and even humans; the ability to delete undesirable traits and, potentially, add desirable traits with more precision than ever before.
The full article can be found here: https://www.vox.com/2018/7/23/17594864/crispr-cas9-gene-editing
Another article of interest here: https://www.newscientist.com/term/what-is-crispr/
