Meet the CRISPR pioneers who are making gene editing easy

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Photo caption: Inscripta’s Onyx brings consumer electronics-like slickness to biotech research. Photo: courtesy of Inscripta. Article by Ruth Reader. Fast Company – March 16, 2021.

Inscripta’s Onyx—a “labtop” gene editor—could democratize an array of breakthroughs promised by CRISPR technology.

Henry Ford is still best known for his 1908 Model T, an inexpensive automobile that almost anyone could own. But his real innovation was integrating the conveyor belt into assembly line production. The inspiration came from the meat packing industry. There, factory workers bled, skinned, and sliced ugly carcasses into smooth chops and filets. Ford adapted the process for cars. With the conveyor belt, he took Model T production from a 12 hour process down to roughly 90 minutes. The efficiency allowed Ford to drop the price of his Model T and led to incredible sales. It also sparked a revolution involving industrial production of all sorts. […]

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