Hr2: Editing DNA, Male Contraception, Bomb-sniffing Spinach

Science Friday

The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system is a less perfect fix for gene editing than news reports make it out to be. Plus, hormonal male birth control can work. But why isnt it commercially available?

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