CRISPR – Genetic Engineering 2.0

CRISPR, the next stage of genetic engineering? In 2013, researchers announced a fast and precise new method for editing the genetic code – much more powerful than all other genetic tools so far known. The so-called CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) system takes ad- vantage of an antiviral defence strategy used by bacteria and allows precise genetic manipulations in a wide range of different species. This genetic method has caused a massive hype in genetic research and alread