AXIOS October 1, 2019
As gene-altering technologies become more accessible, there’s also a growing risk that they’ll be dangerously misused or abused.
Why it matters: “You’re talking about manipulating DNA to create a designer pathogen. That’s a terrorist threat,” former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told me.
The big picture: Ethical questions about CRISPR, the gene editing tool, are as old as the technology itself, and they intensified last year with the news of the first gene-edited babies in China.
- These questions have been further complicated by the fact that genetic alteration technologies are now relatively cheap and easy to use.
- “These threats have been on people’s mind and on the horizon for a long time. I think now they’re...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor