"Compared to previous genetic manipulating technologies, CRISPR "is like going from using a Model T to a Lamborghini to do the same thing," says Alan Davidson (BSc '83, PhD '91), a Professor of Molecular Genetics who studies CRISPR in bacteria, as well as viruses' ability to circumvent its actions. "It's like a microwave instead of a campfire. CRISPR is not so much a eureka moment as a eureka technology.""