If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. MIT and Harvard’s Broad Institute was the first to apply the gene-editing tool CRISPR to human cells, the US Patent and Trademark Office said Monday. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22956326/crispr-patent-uc-berkeley-broad-institute-nobel