Ep 14 - Hacking Humans with CRISPR

In this weeks episode, Shelby & Charlie discuss an incredibly ethically and morally charged topic, CRISPR. CRISPR, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, is a "technology" of sorts that allows researchers, scientists, or even the average person to alter and edit their genetic coding. Focusing mostly on the Netflix docu-series, Unnatural Selection, join us as we discuss some experiments that have been done with CRISPR, what's been successful, what fell short, some controversial actions taken by people, and even some conspiracy. Sources: https://www.addgene.org/crispr/history/#:~:text=CRISPR%20(Clustered%20Regularly%20Interspaced%20Short,was%20not%20elucidated%20until%202007. https://www.yourgenome.org/facts/what-is-crispr-cas9 https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/genomicresearch/genomeediting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ1o7N0lKHo https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/10/22/20921302/netflix-unnatural-selection-biohacking-crispr-gene-editing https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/17/unnatural-selection-netflix-docuseries-gene-editing https://medium.com/neodotlife/david-ishee-crispr-dogs-dalmatians-d24a48d5d874 https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/5/19/18629771/biohacking-josiah-zayner-genetic-engineering-crispr https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/biohacking-stunts-crispr/553511/ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/this-biohacker-wants-to-edit-his-own-dna#.evELlvD9p https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Zayner https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2019/08/josiah-zayner-annoys-entire-state-california/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-15/biohacker-investigation-is-dropped-by-california-medical-board https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/11/25/138962/exclusive-chinese-scientists-are-creating-crispr-babies/ https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/chinese-scientist-who-produced-genetically-altered-babies-sentenced-3-years-jail https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/first-humanmonkey-chimeras-developed-in-china--66231 https://sciencenordic.com/denmark-ethics-researcher-zone/genome-editing-are-we-opening-a-back-door-to-eugenics/1451075 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/pdf-files/faculty/pollack/2015%20CUTTING%20EUGENICS%20OUR%20OF%20CRISPR.pdf https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_137952 https://www.livescience.com/58790-crispr-explained.html#:~:text=CRISPR%20technology%20is%20a%20simple,of%20diseases%20and%20improving%20crops. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/crispr-offshoot-still-makes-mistakes-editing-dna-raising-concerns-about-its-medical-use#