<story><title>Thousands of programmable DNA-cutters found in algae, snails and other organisms</title><url>https://phys.org/news/2023-10-thousands-programmable-dna-cutters-algae-snails.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pdar4123</author><text>“CRISPR-based genome editing tools developed by MIT professor and McGovern investigator Feng Zhang, Abudayyeh, Gootenberg, and others have changed the way scientists modify DNA, accelerating research and enabling the development of many experimental gene therapies.”&lt;p&gt;“Others” being Nobel laureates Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuel Charpatier - MIT and the Broad have long sought to minimize the work of these two women in the media for their own gain. Here again, a small but glaring example of their pettiness.</text></comment>
<story><title>Thousands of programmable DNA-cutters found in algae, snails and other organisms</title><url>https://phys.org/news/2023-10-thousands-programmable-dna-cutters-algae-snails.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>smusamashah</author><text>Can someone explain in simple terms what is the usefulness of this finding?</text></comment>