> His response was it was a lot of hype about of technique that requires a large amount of wasted samples to even get one usable mutation. That's how progress

> His response was it was a lot of hype about of technique that requires a large amount of wasted samples to even get one usable mutation. That's how progress happens. The difference between CRISPR and other techniques is that failed tests can be conducted for hundreds of dollars instead of thousands and in weeks instead of months.