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There was a decent episode of RadioLab on CRISPR not too long ago. Listen here: http://www.radiolab.org/story/antibodies-part-1-crispr/

Sadly the technology is wrapped up in many lawsuits.

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I listened to this with a friend of mine who just got his PhD in molecular biology. His response was it was a lot of hype about of technique that requires a large amount of wasted samples to even get one usable mutation.

Like all RadioLab episodes it was brilliantly produced and an entertaining listen but CRISPR might be a little overhyped.

> His response was it was a lot of hype about of technique that requires a large amount of wasted samples to even get one usable mutation.

That's how progress happens. The difference between CRISPR and other techniques is that failed tests can be conducted for hundreds of dollars instead of thousands and in weeks instead of months.

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