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New DNA Construct Can Set Off a "Mutagenic Chain Reaction"
Ars Technica on the first demonstration of a CRISPR-based gene drive — a genetic construct that can spread a modification through an entire wild population. One of the most consequential biotechnology developments of 2015, with ecological and ethical implications that are still being worked out.
This Protein Could Change Biotech Forever
Matthew Herper's early Forbes coverage of Cas9 — written just nine months after the landmark Doudna/Charpentier Science paper and weeks after Feng Zhang showed it worked in human cells. One of the first mass-market articles to call CRISPR a potential forever-change for biotech.
Desktop Genetics Design Competition Brief
Desktop Genetics' 2013 design competition brief — an early-stage biotech company building software tools for genome editing. Interesting artifact from the pre-mainstream CRISPR moment when genome engineering was transitioning from academic to startup territory.