Letters to the editor
CRISPR- �Breakthrough of the Year � 2015
Sir,
International journal Science has named CRISPR-Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats as Breakthrough of the Year in 2015. CRISPR is a powerful genome-editing technique developed by the scientists of the University of California. Using CRISPR method the scientists killed the parasite that causes malaria by replacing specific genetic material from the mosquitos own DNA. The genetically modified mosquitoes will pass the malaria-fighting genes on to their offspring and after the gene spreads to the entire mosquito population, people exposed to these new strains of mosquitoes will be malaria-free.
The CRISPR technique is more effective and less expensive and in future this technique will help in eradicating not only malaria but some other genetic diseases plus help in protecting some fruits from extinction.
Prof. M Zahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension Information System,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
