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Guest Post by Christopher Thomas Scott--The Great CRISPR Controversy: What’s Next?

Guest Post by Christopher Thomas Scott–The Great CRISPR Controversy: What’s Next?

Christopher Thomas Scott

A decade ago I wrote an article in the journal Nature Biotechnology about the rise of a new gene editing technology called zinc finger nucleases (ZNF). It was one of those “drumbeat” discoveries: at the time, my sense was it would revolutionize how we deliver genes to cells and tissues, and profoundly change the way we think about gene therapy.

I was partially right.…

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Meeting report from Stanford Event: Human Germline Modification: Medicine, Science, Ethics, & Law

Meeting report from Stanford Event: Human Germline Modification: Medicine, Science, Ethics, & Law

Last Thursday I participated in a meeting at Stanford Law School on human germline genetic modification hosted by Hank Greely (pictured at left), Professor of Law and Genetics at Stanford.

The meeting was entitled, “Human Germline Modification: Medicine, Science, Ethics, and Law”. The panel included in addition to Hank and me, the following speakers: Marcy Darnovsky, Executive Director of the…

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