In this installment of The Pulse on public radio station WHYY, The Scientist’s senior editor Jef Akst talks about the latest ethical and techological developments in precision gene editing that experts discussed at the historic Human Gene Editing Summit in Washington, D.C. this week.
The Scientist on The Pulse, December 4
Are precision gene editing technologies, such as CRISPR, ready for prime time?
Jef Akst
Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as an intern in 2009 after receiving a master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses.
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Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as an intern in 2009 after receiving a master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses.View full profile
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