UC Berkeley loses epic fight over patent for CRISPR gene-editing technique
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 23:31
in Physics & Chemistry
The scientists who first harnessed the powerful gene-editing technology known as CRISPR suffered a major defeat Wednesday in their long-running quest to control the rights to their invention. UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna and her European collaborator, Emmanuelle Charpentier, have racked...