Super Bacteria Has a New Enemy: The CRISPR Pill
Scientists are developing a CRISPR pill that can fight superbugs. Can we modify bacteria's DNA to make it self destruct? What is CRISPR & How Could It Edit Your DNA? - https://youtu.be/SyAo51IYg...
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CRISPR is mostly known for making gene editing so easy, scientists had to pump the brakes for a second and talk about the ethical implications of playing God. But while we haven’t figured out yet exactly where to draw the line on messing with the human genome, I think we can all agree we’re cool with using this revolutionary technique to mess with harmful bacteria, because we hate those guys. Researchers are developing a CRISPR pill which could help fight bacteria that have developed a resistance to other forms of antibiotics, the much feared superbugs. Best of all, killing bacteria using CRISPR turns their own defenses against them. CRISPR is not just how I like my bacon, it’s also an acronym that stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short ...
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CRISPR is mostly known for making gene editing so easy, scientists had to pump the brakes for a second and talk about the ethical implications of playing God. But while we haven’t figured out yet exactly where to draw the line on messing with the human genome, I think we can all agree we’re cool with using this revolutionary technique to mess with harmful bacteria, because we hate those guys. Researchers are developing a CRISPR pill which could help fight bacteria that have developed a resistance to other forms of antibiotics, the much feared superbugs. Best of all, killing bacteria using CRISPR turns their own defenses against them. CRISPR is not just how I like my bacon, it’s also an acronym that stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short ...
