July 25, 2021 • 26 min
This week, Peter Q. Nguyen, Ph.D, a Microbiology & Cellular Devices Research Scientist at Harvard University's Wyss Institute, joins Abby in the classroom to help with her lesson plan on CRISPR.
CRISPR is a scientific development that allows scientists to target and edit gene sequences, and it's a technology that could serve to heal a number of gene-related disorders, cancers, and more in the future. Dr. Nguyen discusses how this technology works, what this technology might mean for medicine and the larger implications of gene editing.
Keep up with Abby after class on Twitter: @AbbyHornacek
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