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The committee
that I co-chaired for the National Academy
of Sciences, we were asked to look deeply
at whether or not there was something
intrinsically unethical about manipulating genes in a way that makes them heritable
that I co-chaired for the National Academy
of Sciences, we were asked to look deeply
at whether or not there was something
intrinsically unethical about manipulating genes in a way that makes them heritable
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The committee
that I co-chaired
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for the National Academy
of Sciences,
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we were asked to look deeply
at whether or not
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there was something
intrinsically unethical
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about manipulating genes in a way that makes them heritable.
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Movie Summary
A breakthrough called CRISPR opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. A provocative exploration of its far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it