CRISPR Explained: Gene Editing History, Technology, and Applications

[@davidrosen5137]

I attended the webinar last night. It was extremely helpful! Thanks for putting it on! One question I had is the relationship between CRISPR and restriction enzymes with regards to the natural function of both. Do bacteria have both? One or the other? Can you clarify?

[@BioRadEducation]

Thanks, David! Yes, many bacteria will have CRISPR and traditional restriction enzymes, the former being an adaptive immunity and the latter being an innate immunity against infectious bacteriophage DNA being injected into the cells.

[@catescsc]

Great video. Two notes: 1) the tone used during the discussion of eugenics is a bit too gleeful, and 2) the last passenger pigeon died at the Cincinnati zoo, not the Cleveland zoo.

[@BioRadEducation]

Thanks for the correction, catescsc, about the Cincinnati Zoo!

[@mirzamudassir3937]

Nice