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CRISPR/Cas9, a gene-editing technique that can target and modify DNA with groundbreaking accuracy, is both the newest darling and the newest villain of genetics research.Invented in 2012 by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, CRISPR/Cas9 has received a lot of attention this year.f scientists are able to nail down the use of CRISPR/Cas9 in human germ cells, thereâs no question that it could confer major benefits. Namely, the technology could eradicate hereditary diseases such as cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, and Huntingtonâs disease from a family line altogether.
By allowing scientists to more easily than ever cut and paste all those As, Cs, Ts, and Gs that encode all the worldâs living things, for one thing, it could one day cure many devastating diseases. The unassumingly named CRISPR/Cas9 is a technology that stands to remake the world as we know it. By allowing scientists to more easily than ever cut and paste all those As, Cs, Ts, and Gs that encode all the worldâs living things, for one thing, it could one day cure many devastating diseases. All that power, though, comes with one pretty sizable caveat: Sometimes CRISPR doesnât work quite like we expect it to.