Crispr Cas 9 Quotes

With CRISPR/CAS9, any gene whose sequence is known can be removed, replaced, turned on, or turned off, and all this can be done in the equivalent of someone’s garage.

Scientists wielding the biotechnology known as CRISPR-Cas9—and another variation called prime editing—begin by identifying a specific genetic sequence that they would like to manipulate. A predesigned strand of RNA can then guide another special enzyme to a targeted piece of DNA on that sequence, opening it to make the necessary changes and corrections. Using such tools, and their successors, it may become possible to conquer not only our deficiencies but mortality itself.