263 – The Ethics of Gene Editing
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English - October 24, 2020 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 239 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Education biotech science life science plant biology agriculture agtech biology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Gene editing moved quickly from the lab to application, so fast that the public is unsure how to think about it. We can cure disease, but are we playing with the natural order of things? These are questions that philosophers and ethicists wrestle with every day. in this week’s podcast we discuss the recent events in germline gene editing and how it is perceived by the public and by scientists.
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