Human genome editing offers tantalizing possibilities – but without clear guidelines, many ethical questions still remain

Following the controversial births of the first gene-edited babies, a major focus of the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing was responsible use of CRISPR.

Gary Skuse, Professor of Bioinformatics, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
March 8, 2023 • ~8 min

Editing the DNA of human embryos could protect us from future pandemics

We could start making our genomes equipped to deal with more frequent pandemics. But it may come at a cost.

Yusef Paolo Rabiah, PhD Candidate at UCL Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, UCL • conversation
Dec. 7, 2020 • ~7 min

Editing the DNA of human embryos could be used to protect us from future pandemics

We could start making our genomes equipped to deal with more frequent pandemics. But it may come at a cost.

Yusef Paolo Rabiah, PhD Candidate at UCL Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, UCL • conversation
Dec. 7, 2020 • ~7 min

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