Eric lander crispr article

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Eric Lander wrote an excellent article reviewing the history of CRISPR.

Eric lander crispr article

It is well-written and covers fascinating stories about the early scientific work of some of the key players. A take-home message is that unusual discoveries in basic science do not start from the heavily funded famous labs.

Kudos to Lander for recognizing the roles of young, unknown and risk-taking scientists in pursuing such discoveries.

The abstract and couple of examples of key contributors are posted below.

Abstract

Three years ago, scientists reported that CRISPR technology can enable precise and efficient genome editing in living eukaryotic cells.

Since then, the method has taken the scientific community by storm, with thousands of labs using it for applications from biomedicine to agriculture. Yet, the preceding year journeythe discovery of a strange microbial repeat sequence; its recognition as an adaptive immune system; its biolo