Not sure about it being overhyped, but similar sentiment, stated better is in this article (from last year): http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/gene-editor

Not sure about it being overhyped, but similar sentiment, stated better is in this article (from last year): http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/gene-editor-crispr-won-t-fully-fix-sick-people-anytime-soon-here-s-why http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/gene-editor-crispr-wo... It's pretty clear there are some huge hurdles before it's useful, even for your average biochem laboratory. But the effort put in to overcome those hurdles is probably worth it.