EPISODE · Oct 1, 2024 · 49 MIN
Supplementary Materials 3: CRISPR and how not to do sensitive reasearch
from Desi Academia Podcast · host Desi Academia Podcast
In this episode, we discuss the resurgence of He Jiankui on the Twitter trends, the research that made CRISPR a Nobel-worthy discovery, and the various reasons why scientists don't go around gene-editing human embryos to create super species. Readings: Scientist who gene-edited babies is back in lab and ‘proud’ of past work despite jailing China to begin first in-human CRISPR trial next month CRISPR genome editing gets 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry He Jiankui’s tweet CCR5 is a suppressor for cortical plasticity and hippocampal learning and memory
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In this episode, we discuss the resurgence of He Jiankui on the Twitter trends, the research that made CRISPR a Nobel-worthy discovery, and the various reasons why scientists don't go around gene-editing human embryos to create super species. Readings: Scientist who gene-edited babies is back in lab and ‘proud’ of past work despite jailing China to begin first in-human CRISPR trial next month CRISPR genome editing gets 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry He Jiankui’s tweet CCR5 is a suppressor for cortical plasticity and hippocampal learning and memory
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