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- Title
CRISPR: THE LATEST BIOTECH HYPE.
- Authors
Fausto-Sterling, Anne
- Abstract
The article discusses the discovery and potential application of the genetic editing technique known as CRISPR-Cas9. Details are given outlining the ways in which CRISPR can be used to alter the genes of its targets, how it has raised significant concerns among certain scientists as being ethically dangerous, and how the author believes that the CRISPR system is being over-promoted.
- Subjects
CRISPRS; GENOME editing; SCIENTIFIC discoveries; GENETICS ethics; FADS
- Publication
Boston Review, 2015, Vol 40, Issue 5, p8
- ISSN
0734-2306
- Publication type
Article