Tuesday, 5 May 2015

The process used to edit the genes of human embryos is so easy you could do it in a community bio-hacker space

The process used to edit the genes of human embryos is so easy you could do it in a community bio-hacker space

A group of researchers shocked the world in April when they revealed that they had used a revolutionary gene editing tool discovered in 2012 called CRISPR to edit the DNA of human embryos. They used a tool that's so simple, a person with molecular biology skills and know-how could probably do it in a bio-hacker space for less than $2,000, according to experts.
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