Posted November 13, 2020
CRISPR is one of a suite of technologies used to perform a new kind of genetic engineering called gene-editing. CRISPR doesn’t actually create anything itself. Its main function is to make a cut in a strand of DNA, which is why it is referred to as “genetic scissors”. After the cut, the organism will either be left to repair itself/mutate or be given “instructions” via the insertion of other genetic material, on how to repair itself in a way that creates a unique new organism. Read more.