Gene editing is a new technology known as CRISPR, which stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. We spoke with one of CRISPR's inventors, the biochemist Jennifer Doudna, back in 2017 for an episode called Evolution Accelerated. It's episode number 291 if you want to hear it.
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