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mk, I've heard speculation that CRISPR is a strong candidate for the nobel prize. Think it could happen in the near future? Or would it take many successes in the clinic before it gets that level of recognition?
Probably in the next few years. This technology is new enough that it needs to stew for a few years. The discovery of miRNA is the fastest Nobel that I'm aware of, and that was something like 6 years or so, depending how you count when the discovery was actually made. CRISPR has the similarity that it went from nothing to universal adoption overnight. I've not yet used it, but I plan to in the near future. It's absolutely ingenious.
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