Gene Editing: Who Draws the Line?

Messy Middle Musings Track 

Josh Morris, Ph.D., Biology and Chemistry

Recent technological developments such as CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) have made it easy for scientists to quickly and cheaply edit human genetic material, but putting this technology into practice raises important ethical questions for the scientific community: What should we consider when applying these technological advancements? Are there certain ethical lines we should not cross? Learn more about the next frontier in medical treatment, and view excerpts from the Center for Research in Science event of October 5, 2017.