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Re:Crispr is less like molecular scissors and more like mole... by WhompingWindows on Monday July 15, 2019 @01:54PM (#20443361)
You're not thinking broadly enough. Crispr is already very, very useful for biological research. Thinking just in terms of medicine is far too narrow for such a game-changing biological technology.
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Re:Crispr is less like molecular scissors and more like mole... by el_cujo on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @10:29AM (#20450356)
No offense intended, but maybe you're not thinking broadly enough? It's a breakthrough technology for biological labs now, sure, but a lab using this to get a bunch of papers or grants or patents really doesn't matter for the general populace in the short term until the research has produced some practical applications.
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