Otis Chandler

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Developers and entrepreneurs may someday be able to use CRISPR-based home testing kits as platforms on which to build a variety of biomedical apps: virus detection, disease diagnosis, cancer screening, nutritional analyses, microbiome assessments, and genetic tests. “We can get people in their homes to check if they have the flu or just a cold,” says Zhang. “If their kids have a sore throat, they can determine if it’s strep throat.”
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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