[jashephe]

While "Heroes of CRISPR" is a fairly detailed history of the whole affair, it's always worth noting that it was written by Eric Lander, the director of an institute with a strong vested financial interest in having the story interpreted in a particular way.

[jhbadger]

And in particular he of course wanted to make Feng Zhang (who worked for him at the time) to be the principal "hero" of the story.