Nuha Salam

Nuha Salam

Nuha Salam is currently a freshman at Shrewsbury High School. She loves writing and speaking on subjects she’s passionate about.
Could we change our genes? CRISPR, genetic-altering technology

Could we change our genes? CRISPR, genetic-altering technology

For years, genetics have been the end all be all. The reason to why we have our traits, why we look how we look, why we are how we are, what diseases we were susceptible to and everything was set in stone. However, recent medical innovation, CRISPR/Cas9 has proven otherwise and that indeed we can change our genetics.