Do You Think the Department of Defense Is a Better Option?

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i want to dig into why it's preferable. I mean, if you could a do the same thing, but make these soldiers stronger and more resistant to bullets as well as radiation, and why not make it last a long time? i'm asking leading questions because i think these are good issues, and we shouldn't just a zoom over them. We should sort of sit down and think about what the issues are. So this is something that i, myself, and all our colleagues and the department of defence hase thought hard about. And here i think the department of defense, wisely, and i concur with their judgment, has argued against making a permanent change.

Not too long ago nobody carried a mobile phone; now almost everybody does. That’s the kind of rate of rapid progress we’re seeing with our ability to directly edit genomes. With the use of CRISPR-Cas9 and other techniques, gene editing is becoming commonplace. How does that work — and perhaps more importantly, how are we going to put it to use? Fyodor Urnov has worked in this area from its beginning, having coined the term “gene editing.” We talk about how this new technology can be used to cure or prevent disease, as well as the pros and cons of designer babies.

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Fyodor Urnov received his Ph.D. in Biology from Brown University. He is currently professor of Genetic, Genomics, and Development in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley, as well as Director for Technology and Translation at the Innovative Genomics Institute. His research focuses on using CRISPR gene-editing techniques to develop treatments for sickle cell disease, radiation injury, and other conditions, as well as guiding IGI researchers as they bring these therapies from the lab to the clinic.

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