>be me
>be invited to old friend's a few years ago
>mention CRISPR to his family at dinner
>his 12-year-old daughter thought it was really cool
>does science fair project on it
-FAST FORWARD TO THIS WEEK-
>going to see them again
>friend hopes I'll have some cutting-edge stuff like CRISPR to tell his now-16-year-old about
>evidently she's really into genetics and bio-chem partly due to her CRISPR interest
BUT
>I don't have anything
>but want to stoke this kid's interest in science
...So I'm hoping you guys can tip me to some of today's forward-looking science, esp in the genetics, bio-chem fields?
She's a top student and probably knows more than I do, but I'd like to offer something.
Will give full credit to you guys and this place, of course!