CRISPR Gene Editing Breakthrough: The one that makes you go, ‘Wait, we can just… edit genes now?’ Terrifying and exciting, bit like a Derby day penalty.
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Title
A Programmable Dual-RNA–Guided DNA Endonuclease in Adaptive Bacterial Immunity
First Author
Martin Jinek
Year
2012
Field
Genome editing
Key Idea
Shows how CRISPR-Cas9 can be programmed to cut specific DNA sequences, opening up precise gene editing.
My take
The one that makes you go, ‘Wait, we can just… edit genes now?’ Terrifying and exciting, bit like a Derby day penalty.
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