What is CRISPR?
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (or CRISPR for short) is a process in which DNA strands are cut at specific locations so that they can naturally repair themselves.
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CRISPR is one of the most important scientific discoveries in modern day. In the following stash, you will learn about what CRISPR is, how it works, what applications it has, and what issues surround it.
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