In this episode, we discuss the resurgence of He Jiankui on the Twitter trends, the research that made CRISPR a Nobel-worthy discovery, and the various reasons why scientists don't go around gene-editing human embryos to create super species.
 
Readings:
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 <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/01/crispr-cas9-he-jiankui-genome-gene-editing-babies-scientist-back-in-lab⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Scientist who gene-edited babies is back in lab and ‘proud’ of past work despite jailing</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://pharmaphorum.com/news/first-human-crispr-trial-begin-next-month" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China to begin first in-human CRISPR trial next month</a></li>
 <li> <a href="https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/gene-editing/CRISPR-genome-editing-2020-Nobel/98/i39" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CRISPR genome editing gets 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://x.com/Jiankui_He/status/1830973731436667341" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">He Jiankui’s tweet</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://elifesciences.org/articles/20985" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CCR5 is a suppressor for cortical plasticity and hippocampal learning and memory</a></li>
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