Nate Butkus is 6 years old and he wants to become a biochemist when he grows up. Meantime, he is a podcast host who talks about science because he likes science. What he would like to do for his homework is to create a creature that has flaps of skin on its face, antennae on its head, and spikes on its back like a hedgehog. And on his podcast, he wonders whether CRISPR can help him do it.
CRISPR is the new exciting technology on how we can change the genome. We are planning to use it in our laboratory to create knockouts so that we can learn what the gene we are interested in does in a cell. But obviously its use extends far beyond that. One of the things that the technology can do is to change a bad gene into a good gene and thus, effect gene therapy.
But listen to the podcast- the explanation is much better than what I am offering.
CRISPR is the new exciting technology on how we can change the genome. We are planning to use it in our laboratory to create knockouts so that we can learn what the gene we are interested in does in a cell. But obviously its use extends far beyond that. One of the things that the technology can do is to change a bad gene into a good gene and thus, effect gene therapy.
But listen to the podcast- the explanation is much better than what I am offering.
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