crispr
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- Hey mom, what's CRISPR?
- CRISPR
- Crispr is a way to find a specific piece of DNA in a living thing. It gives us the technology to be able to edit genes.
- First, scientists insert a fake virus into a body cell and to remove it, a spacer is created from the virus. This is made into a CRISPER sequence and then into CRISPR RNA.
- This RNA guides the body to target and change the function of a gene, kind of like a pair of scissors that cut out unwanted DNA.
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- Crispr is being used to change the genes of plants and sometimes test on animals, and is even be used to remove diseases and change human genes!
- So... Why can't everyone have CRISPR edited DNA so we're healthier?
- Well... there are many reasons.
- CRISPR technology is still new, and we don't want to get it wrong. Genes being targeted could be changed in the wrong way, and that could eventually impact a much larger population. Some people debate if CRISPR is morally right.
- oops!
- What do you mean 'morally right'?
- Many people believe it is unnatural to change our own genes, or change a baby before it can decide.
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