This week you get part 1 of a two part podcast on CRISPR-Cas technology. In this first part I’m talking about what it is and how it works. Next episode I’ll go though some recent research articles using the CRISPR-Cas system!

<figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_52" style="width: 741px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-52">A visual representation of how the CRISPR-Cas system works to combat a viral infection. </figcaption></figure>