What if we had the power to rewrite precise portions of DNA, the universal language of biology? The implications would be far-reaching; editing this code would change how we think about crops, disease, and bioethics among a multitude of other fields. Thanks to a scientific tool developed by Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, this power […]
CRISPR
The Brave New World of Gene Editing
Biotechnology has progressed faster than our society’s ability to understand it. Our newfound powers raise serious ethical questions.