Nightingale College What Does the Acronym CRISPR Stand for Questions
Question Description
CRISPR: Antibodies Part I, describes a method of genetic engineering that is rewriting the way we change DNA.
Listen to the following episode “CRISPR” on Radiolab through the link below.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/update-crispr (Links to an external site.)
After listening to the podcast, please select two of the following questions and respond via this discussion post.
Discussion Questions:
- What does the acronym CRISPR stand for?
- What advantage did the foreign DNA provide to the bacteria? Be specific about how the bacteria are using the foreign DNA as protection.
- What are some of the controversies/potential dangers that they discussed with respect to the use of this new technology?
- This discovery has been turned into a gene editing tool (CRISPR). How does it work?
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