Disputes over when life begins may block cutting-edge reproductive technologies like mitochondrial replacement therapies
The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett has implications for how assisted reproductive technologies, which can prevent the transmission of disease from parents to child, are regulated.
Diana Bowman, Associate Dean for International Engagement in the College of Law, Arizona State University
• conversation
Oct. 22, 2020 • ~10 min
Oct. 22, 2020 • ~10 min
Nobel Prize for chemistry honors exquisitely precise gene-editing technique, CRISPR – a gene engineer explains how it works
The tools to rewrite the genetic code to improve crops and livestock, or to treat genetic diseases, has revolutionized biology. A CRISPR engineer explains why this technology won the Nobel, and its potential.
Piyush K. Jain, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, UF Health Cancer Center, University of Florida
• conversation
Oct. 7, 2020 • ~8 min
Oct. 7, 2020 • ~8 min
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