AdvertisementBroad Institute Wins Big Battle Over CRISPR Gene-Editing PatentFebruary 15, 2017Richard HarrisfacebookEmailBiotechnologist Feng Zhang of the Broad Institute (a joint venture of MIT and Harvard University) was awarded a patent for CRISPR gene-editing technology in 2014. But two other scientists — Jennifer Doudna, of the University of California, Berkeley, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, then of the University of Vienna — published their description of the underlying biology first. (Susan Walsh/AP)