CRISPR Explained: The future of Genetic Engineering

Video Author: Sivakumar B.S in Biomedical Engineering from UT Austin'23

CRISPR or clustered regularly inter-spaced short palindromic repeats has become a pretty big deal in the world of biotechnology. In this video we will take a look at the very basics of CRISPR and a couple of examples of its applications so that we can build a base understanding of the concepts of this form of biotechnology which can revolutionize gene therapy and genomics.

Sources:

https://www.broadinstitute.org/what-broad/areas-focus/project-spotlight/questions-and-answers-about-crispr

https://stanmed.stanford.edu/2018winter/CRISPR-for-gene-editing-is-revolutionary-but-it-comes-with-risks.html

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/01/perspectives-on-gene-editing/