CRISPR for Dummies, or Quick Reference for Quick DNA Editing

The ability to alter DNA fragments has always been the holy grail of biotechnology and medicine. CRISPR allows you to do this with unprecedented speed and efficiency. Consider that biologists used to work on a typewriter, and thanks to CRISPR, they moved overnight to a MacBook. No wonder the discovery of this method in 2020 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Cutting a DNA molecule using CRISPR-Cas9 (Figure by Janet Iwasa)

Under the cut - a story about the emergence of CRISPR, the principles of operation and application in the present and future. Yes, you read that right, this is about editing cows, blue strawberries and plum-sized watermelons from Aliexpress.

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