CRISPR, the cellular-level self-defense mechanism that’s now being used to treat genetic diseases in people, seems poised to revolutionize medicine. But the Spanish researcher who first figured out what it is, and came up with the acronym, remains largely unknown outside his field. The World’s Gerry Hadden went to meet microbiologist Francis Mojica.
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