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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

Book by Jennifer A. Doudna · 6 quotes · Gene Editing, Weapon, Advancing

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“American spy agencies seemed rattled by the experiments too. I was shocked when the next Worldwide Threat Assessment — the annual report presented by the U.S. intelligence community to the Senate Armed Services Committee — described genome editing as one of the six weapons of mass destruction and proliferation that nation-states might try to develop, at great risk to America.”

Weapon Wmd Genome Editing

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“I'd recently co-founded an institute in the Bay Area called the Innovative Genomics Institute (ICI) with the goal of advancing gene-editing technologies.”

Advancing Gene Editing

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“human gene editing would almost assuredly never have the same catastrophic consequences as the detonation of a nuclear weapon”

Weapon Gene Editing

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“PGD has also been used for other controversial purposes, such as the birth if so-called savior siblings, destined from the moment of implantation not only to live their own lives, but also to serve as organ or cell donors for a sibling.”

Science Gene Editing Controversial Purposes

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“It’s not that I was categorically opposed to the idea of scientists and physicians using gene editing to introduce heritable changes into the human genome.”

Ethics Gene Editing Bioethics Moral Perspective

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“As we began discussing authorship of a white paper summarizing our conclusions, we debated who our target audience should be and what kind of outcome we were hoping to achieve.”

Purpose White Paper

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