CRISPR

Limitations

Technical limitations

incomplete or inaccurate genetic editing

could cause unwanted and risky mutations

Ethical issues

ecological disequilibrium

absence of regulations for consumers

application of CRISPR on human germline

possibility to alter human genes

non-therapeutic interventions

to match genetics to life interests

violation of the order of nature

formation of chimeras for organ transplantation

CRISPR applications

agricultural biotechnology

biomedicine

congenital disorders

infectious diseases

drug development

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

It can quickly create cell and animal models

used for research into diseases

rapid diagnostic

Used by bacteria to protect themselves from infections

Cas9

it could cut any DNA sequence at a chosen location

it's used to understand the function of genes

It can target multiple genes simultaneously

Replace a mutant gene with an healthy copy

it cuts the DNA disabling the virus