CRISPR
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Controversial gene-editing technology could improve our world
MIDDLEBURY — Gene editing is a fairly new technology but it has already breached most everyone’s day-to-day life in the form of genetically modified organisms, more commonly known…
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Video: How CRISPR works
MIDDLEBURY — The 12 members of Professor Lindsay Repka’s CHEM 0322 – Biochemistry of Macromolecules course at Middlebury College this spring studied CRISPR, the gene-editing technology, and produced…
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CRISPR: Gene editing raises social, political, science issues
1) What is CRISPR and how does it work? CRISPR is a set of DNA sequences included in the genomes of bacteria. Natively, bacteria use CRISPR to protect…
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CRISPR: Why you should care about gene editing
With the expansive genome sequencing of humans, animals and plants, researchers now have access to information that would allow specific manipulation of gene sequences. Using CRISPR technology, selected…
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CRISPR: The workings of CRISPR
At first glance, CRISPR may seem like a groundbreaking, never-before-seen technology, and in some ways it is. However, the basic principles behind CRISPR and other gene editing technologies…
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Beekeeper Ross Conrad weighs in on CRISPR
Ross Conrad of Dancing Bee Gardens spoke with passion to Middlebury College students about the gene editing and CRISPR. Unfortunately, the audio was not usable, but here are…
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Controversial gene-editing technology could improve our world
Gene editing is a fairly new technology but it has already breached most everyone’s day-to-day life in the form of genetically modified organisms. However, this advanced technology is…
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Recommended further readings about CRISPR
Still hungry for more information on CRISPR-Cas9? Follow these links and read the book that inspired the Middlebury College Chem 0322 class to explore further: The book that…