Edición genética y comunicación

Communicationis essential in all areas of society, but science is one of theinescapable keys. Communicating is sharing, showing, teaching,transferring discoveries, observations, and findings both tocolleagues and to society in general. That’s why good communicationmust always accompany good science. CRISPR genetic editing tools allowus to modify at will the genome of any living organism, including ourspecies. In this text I review different relevant communicative eventsin the short but intense life of these molecular scissors, so calledfor their ability to cut the DNA molecule effectively and withprecision.