CRISPR – Cas 9: When Advancements in Genetics Lead to a surge of Anxiety

By | February 6th, 2016|LRO 19|

Bearing witness to this is what happened recently with the CRISPR-cas9, a new tool of genetic engineering that can cut DNA, and by so doing render certain genes inactive, modify mutated DNA fragments, or introduce new sequences in targeted regions of the genome. So, it is a system that takes its place in the arsenal [...]