Passing from being a Creation to a Creator
The future of medicine relies on the viability of genetically modified organisms. Scientists have turned to animals because there is a growing list of people who need an organ transplant and viable organs that are available are also at a shortage. The organs of these animals are able to be genetically modified through using CRISPR/Cas9 and used in xenotransplantation, the transplanting of organs between species. In nature, CRISPR is a prokaryotic immune system that resists foreign genetic materials (Rodriguez, E. […]