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What Is CRISPR?

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Another important figure is Feng Zhang, PhD, who was instrumental in figuring out CRISPR’s therapeutic applications using mice and human cells in 2013. In the future, it might be standard to tweak or design genes in plants, animals, and even human beings, irrevocably affecting the gene pool and the course of evolution.

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What Is CRISPR?

CB Insights

Another important figure is Feng Zhang, PhD, who was instrumental in figuring out CRISPR’s therapeutic applications using mice and human cells in 2013. In the future, it might be standard to tweak or design genes in plants, animals, and even human beings, irrevocably affecting the gene pool and the course of evolution.

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Sleepless In Payments

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The POS breaches that colored our world in payments starting at the tail end of 2013 set in motion a whole host of activities designed to protect payments data at the physical point of sale. Instantly, and irrevocably. SHOULDN’T WE BE PROTECTING MORE THAN JUST PAYMENTS DATA? Here in the U.S.,