Crispr In Brave New World

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In Brave New World humans are designed on the genetic level to have certain traits depending on what social class the baby will be placed in. A new method of genetic modification has been discovered called CRISPR which allows scientists to modify a specific genetic sequence more easily and cheaper than before. In this essay I will explain what CRISPR is and the benefits and drawbacks of this relatively new method of genome editing as well as my opinion on whether or not I agree with it. In Brave New World the scientists are able to modify genetics to get specific traits. It relates to CRISPR because it’s a new method of gene editing which allows scientists to modify specific strands of DNA more precisely without damaging the organism. …show more content…
The protein that is responsible for this remarkable feat is called Cas9 proteins which are strands of RNA that guide specific DNA sequences in to a strand and are able to remove unwanted sequences. The Cas9 protein was originally discovered in Streptococcus pyogenes a.k.a. the bacteria most known for causing strep throat. According to the Broad Institute “CRISPRs were first discovered in archaea (and later in bacteria) by Francisco Mojica, a scientist at the University of Alicante in Spain”. The reason why Streptococcus pyogenes uses the Cas9 protein for offensive and defense purposes against foreign invaders. This is especially interesting because the system will identify the bacteriophage (viruses that multiply in bacteria) and will create a sequence of DNA that matches the genome of the phage which protects the bacteria from being
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