- November 15, 2024
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CRISPR: The Key to Life’s Basic Mysteries, Dr. Nicholas Guydosh – Kopernik Educator
November 15, 2024 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
With the CRISPR gene editing technology, we now have the power to edit & modify genes in human DNA and control human evolution. Is this the start of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”? Only a few years ago, in China, using CRISPR, edited human reproductive genes and created the birth of twins that were immune to HIV/AIDS (including all their future offspring). This violated international medical ethics. If CRISPR is used on NON-reproductive cells such as blood cells, heredity & evolution are not affected, for example, it could cure Sickle cell anemia.
You can watch the livestream of the program here.
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