BIOL 488: Gene Editing: Taking the wheel of evolution

The world of genetics is rapidly advancing, and new developments occur at a breakneck pace. With that being said, the world has currently not offered a sufficient answer on how we ought to deal with these new issues. In our report we endeavor to lay out some of the facts of CRISPR and gene editing to try and make these questions more approachable. We cover the development of CRISPR, current events and experiments surrounding the technology, and some of the future outlook of the science. It is our goal that reports such as the one we have created will lead to a more secure governmental framework so that CRISPR might be used to our benefit rather than our detriment.