CRISPR Pioneers among TIME Person of the Year '16 runners-up
The TIME magazine has named CRISPR Pioneers among its Person of the Year 2016 runners-up. Dr Carl June's team was chosen as her technique CRISPR, "allows scientists to easily and inexpensively find and alter virtually any piece of DNA in any species". Their "ultimate goal is to test CRISPR's greatest potential: its ability to treat diseases in humans", TIME said.