What you need to know about CRISPR

Should we bring back the wooly mammoth? Or edit a human embryo? Or wipe out an entire species that we consider harmful? The genome-editing technology CRISPR has made extraordinary questions like these legitimate — but how does it work? Scientist and community lab advocate Ellen Jorgenson is on a mission to explain the myths and realities of CRISPR, hype-free, to the non-scientists among us. Interactive transcriptInteractive transcript Ellen Jorgensen Biologist, community science advocate Ellen Jorgensen is at the leading edge of the do-it-yourself biotechnology movement, bringing scientific exploration and understanding to the public. Full bio Similar topics DNA Biology Biomechanics Biotech Curiosity Disease Engineering Future Genetics Innovation Molecular biology Nanoscale Nature Potential Science Technology Virus This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page. Enthusiastically agree? Respectfully beg to differ? Have your say here.