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The Ethics of Gene Editing

The debate over gene editing has narrowly focused on designing future children.

07/07/2021

QED With Dr. B

The Ethics of Gene Editing

Clip: Season 1 Episode 11 | 7m 35sVideo has Closed Captions

The debate over gene editing has narrowly focused on designing future children.

The debate over gene editing has narrowly focused on the ethics of designing future children without genetic flaws. But Alta Charo, Emerita Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School challenges us to focus on the very real possibilities using of gene editing as a way to effectively treat genetic disease and increase our food supply without harming fragile ecos

07/07/2021

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Support for QED with Dr. B is provided by Battelle, American Electric Power Foundation, Bath & Body Works Foundation, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and William and Diane Dawson Foundation.

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