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'''Recent Events'''
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'''CRISPR''' came to the national conscious as researchers from University of California Berkeley and the Broad Institute of Harvard and HIT butted heads over [[USPTO|patenting rights ]] regarding gene-editing technology derived from their understanding of '''CRISPR'''.<ref>[https://www.statnews.com/2017/02/15/crispr-winners-losers/ STAT News' An irreverant guide to winners and losers in the CRISPR patent fight]</ref> Though the patent ruling went in favor of the Broad Institute, their next order of business is finding a better acronym so that they can spell the word CRISPIER.