Jennifer Doudna, the cofounder of NTLA, EDIT, CRSPR, and co-discoverer of the CRISPR/Cas9 system came to speak at my university. I asked her, having both a scientific and a business side to her career, whether she is in it for the money or in it for the science.
She made it very clear that scientific discovery is her first priority, saying "there are some things which are much easier and efficient to develop and discover through a company than through a traditional university" She made it known that she will be putting her efforts towards innovation first and investors second.
I'm saying this as a Biology major in university. The technology is amazing and world changing, but more in the area of research, it's not exactly marketable at this point. So if you're going to invest in NTLA, EDIT, or CRSPR at this point, just know that these companies don't really have value right now, you're betting on human psychology at this point, which is no better than crypto.
Sure, it will have value one day, but the whole market is hyped up right now from people who don't know what's really going on within this industry. And also know that this industry is being led by people who care more about changing the world for the better than stuffing your bank accounts.
Submitted March 28, 2018 at 08:27AM by ThanksIObama https://ift.tt/2Ght5Fi
