Friday, August 12, 2016
CRISPR will give us wings!
CRISPR refers to short repetitions in DNA, the study of which has produced technology to edit DNA with great precision. The prospect of being able to edit DNA nearly at will has led to a lot of breathless commentary about how we may change the world—for better or worse—through employing it.
A video recently posted on a YouTube channel called "Kurzgesagt" (German for "In a nutshell") falls into this category: