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Anthropic’s discovery will, at best, be just another gene-editing tool
The pioneers of the CRISPR gene-editing tool won a Nobel prize in 2020, and for good reason. The breakthrough has revolutionised biology, and is also transforming medicine and farming.
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The pioneers of the CRISPR gene-editing tool won a Nobel prize in 2020, and for good reason. The breakthrough has revolutionised biology, and is also transforming medicine and farming. Now, AI company Anthropic has announced that it has discovered an enzyme system with properties “reminiscent of CRISPR”. In fact, though, the two discoveries aren’t remotely comparable.
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