Can CRISPR technology replace the existing genetic engineering tools ?

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Yuan-Yeu Yau Popular answer

It depends on what kinds of tools your are talking about. Agrobacterium and gene gun are important tools for genetic engineering. CRISPR technology still need these tools for plasmids/DNA delivery.

Yuan-Yeu Yau

For your information:

If you are interested, a SPECIAL ISSUE with the topic of CRISPR was just published (June 2016) by Journal Plant Cell Reports. I attach the Editorial article for you. In the citation of the Editorial article, you can find the titles of the collected papers in that issue. It includes reviews and research papers. Among them, only two papers are Open Access.