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