[Upvoter33]

crispr is fascinating, as is this back-and-forth in the scientific community about its history

[eggie]

I hope that scientists who have their reputations bound up in its history don't waste their time trying to stake claim to it.

They will, but there are lessons to be had. For instance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers_patent_war, which consumed half the energy of a brilliant man and did little for the progress of the world.