Dec 8, 2022
The CRISPR Apostle: Rodolphe Barrangou
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, drones, food, genetics, health
For millennia, humans have been harnessing #microbes to produce everything from breads, to cheeses, to alcohol. Now these tiny organisms have produced another powerful revolution — the gene editing tool CRISPR. Rodolphe Barrangou, Ph.D., was working at the food company Danisco, where he was trying to produce yogurt lines resistant to contamination. In a series of groundbreaking experiments, he helped uncover what CRISPR was, how it worked, and why it could be so transformative.