Episode 5: Walter Isaacson on CRISPR rivals and a Covid truce

Host Pat Skerrett talks with Walter Isaacson, a journalist, historian, and author about his First Opinion, “CRISPR rivals put patents aside to help in the fight against Covid-19.” It was adapted from his latest book, “The Code Breaker,” about the revolutionary gene editing tool known as CRISPR and the transcontinental rivalry it spawned.