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Beyond just promise, CRISPR is delivering in the lab today

  • Written by Ian Haydon, Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
imagePrecision editing DNA allows for some amazing applications.Ian Haydon, CC BY-ND

There’s a revolution happening in biology, and its name is CRISPR.

CRISPR (pronounced “crisper”) is a powerful technique for editing DNA. It has received an enormous amount of attention in the scientific and popular press, largely based on the promise...

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