CRISPR: Revolutionizing Genetic Science

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Pallindromic Repeats (CRISPR) is a revolutionary genetic science technology. As the molecular scissor, CRISPR enables scientists to EDIT DNA with delicious precision, at high efficiency, and speed that was undreamed of only a few years ago.

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This revolutionary tool is revolutionizing medicine, agriculture and environmental science -- for instance. CRISPR is being touted as a cure for genetic disorders like sickle cell anemia or cystic fibrosis, which operate in healthcare. Its use has been proposed to produce drought resistant crops which will enhance food security in agriculture.

But the benefits of CRISPR are not to be taken lightly; considering the kind of ethical questions the technology poses for the use of gene editing in humans, the answer is never easy and often unpalatable. A global debate is already underway about when and where ‘designer babies’ can be applied responsibly.

Since CRISPR is successfully advancing as research, CRISPR continues to make science possible and hope for very innovative solutions for some of humanity’s biggest challenges.