10 – CRISPR vs Climate Change

Base Pairs by Base Pairs – a Cold Spring Harbor Lab podcast

Jun 14, 201700:24:40Science & Medicine

Much of the hype around the genome editing tool known as CRISPR focuses on its potential to cure genetic diseases. But our bodies need more than a healthy genome to survive and thrive—they also need food, and that’s wher...

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