New in IEEE Pulse: Crazy About CRISPR

We are in the midst of a CRISPR craze. The last five years have seen the publication of over 1,000 scientific papers, the allocation of millions of research dollars, and the establishment of four start-up companies in the United States alone. Internationally, the genome-editing market, fueled by CRISPR technology, is expected to be worth more than US$3,000 million by 2019.So what is CRISPR, and what can this technology do? Read my story here: The CRISPR Conundrum.