This Court Battle Will Decide Who Will Make a Fortune From Gene-Editing Tech

Jennifer Doudna, inventor of the revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR photographed in the Li Ka Shing Center on the Campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Photo: Nick Otto For The Washington Post via Getty Images

By Susan Decker and Michelle Cortez

Scientists have used the breakthrough gene-editing technology CRISPR to create advances in medicine and agriculture, from ways to eliminate sickle-cell anemia to growing mushrooms that resist browning.