Biotechnology

Ronald Bailey | 9.27.2024 10:40 AM

CRISPRkit aims to make "gene editing accessible for everyone, everywhere." Aimed at K-12 students and people of any age curious about the how the revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing works, the DIY kits cost just $2 a piece (about $40 for a classroom). "Our mission is to democratize the tool that enables us to rewrite the code of life," declares the founders at the CRISPRkit website.

The advent of CRISPRkit is a measure of just how we have come in just eight years when Stanford University infectious disease expert Dr. David Relman warned, "I do not think that we want an unregulated, non-overseen community of freelance practitioners........

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