Josiah Zayner is the CEO of The ODIN, which sells do-it-yourself kits that teach people how to genetically modify bacteria and frogs. We had him demonstrate a kit that uses CRISPR to modify harmless E. coli bacteria.
Josiah Zayner is the CEO of The ODIN, which sells do-it-yourself kits that teach people how to genetically modify bacteria and frogs. We had him demonstrate a kit that uses CRISPR to modify harmless E. coli bacteria.
In 2017, Germany restricted imports of this kit after finding disease-causing bacteria in two of them, though a follow-up risk assessment said the public health threat was low.
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Josiah says no one has gotten sick using his kits.
