Should CRISPR be accepted as a whole? CRISPR. Is it really the way to go for the future? Reports about engineering other organisms such as rats and all other tested subjects produce good results. But to to humans, will it change the way we perceive as normal, or see if it causes more destruction. Overall, I believe that genetic engineering is the best for the most of us. When there could be a possible solution to all diseases and cures for genetic diseases, why not the way to go? This question sparks interest through many scientists as CRISPR can also be a step further to stop aging. It will save millions and millions of people over the course of time. It is also not very expensive and has improved genetic engineering in many ways. CRISPRs …show more content…
“CRISPR” (pronounced “crisper”) stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, which are the hallmark of a bacterial defense system that forms the basis for CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology. CRISPR should be used in the future because it can help save lives. In the field of genome engineering, the term “CRISPR” or “CRISPR-Cas9” is often used loosely to refer to the various CRISPR-Cas9 and -CPF1, (and other) systems that can be programmed to target specific stretches of genetic code and to edit DNA at precise locations, as well as for other purposes, such as for new diagnostic tools. With these systems, researchers can permanently modify genes in living cells and organisms and, in the future, may make it possible to correct mutations at precise locations in the human genome in order to treat genetic causes of disease. Other systems are now available, such as CRISPR-Cas13’s, that target RNA provide alternate avenues for use, and with unique characteristics that have been leveraged for sensitive diagnostic tools, such as …show more content…
CRISPR-Cas9 is a great way to advance further knowledge in gene editing. The CRISPR-Cas9 system has generated a lot of excitement in the scientific community because it is faster, cheaper, more accurate, and more efficient than other existing genome editing methods. CRISPR-Cas9 was adapted from a naturally occurring genome editing system in bacteria. The bacteria capture snippets of DNA from invading viruses and use them to create DNA segments known as CRISPR arrays. The CRISPR arrays allow the bacteria to "remember" the viruses (or closely related ones). If the viruses attack again, the bacteria produce RNA segments from the CRISPR arrays to target the viruses' DNA. The bacteria then use Cas9 or a similar enzyme to cut the DNA apart, which disables the