The ethics of CRISPR gene editing with Jennifer Doudna

UC Berkeley professor, Jennifer Doudna, discusses the far-reaching positive potential for the new gene-editing tool, CRISPR, as well as the need for close consideration and agreement on how it can be used.

Video produced by Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally

Conference footage courtesy of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

[samypatil]

I want to ask a question because of curiosity that if this technology would have present after accident of Superman Christopher Reive would he had been benifitted .

[larryprice]

I think it should be used to cure illnesses and diseases and do it as fast as I can cuz people are dying everyday if they do clinical trials on HIV please let me know I would love to participate thank you very much for your time

[theinternetstolemysoulbuti]

CRISPR is going to revolutionize the future of life. We need to customize humans to survive on foreign exoplanets in the future. We need to be able to understand the fundamentals of life in order to survive to our maximum capacity. I can't waiy until I get my PHD so that I can fufill my duty as a fellow human to make us as strong as possible.

[bryannilles]

I feel this technology should only be used when needed, not wanted. Only in situations of extreme pain or life threatening scenarios should this be used. No matter how you put it, if you’re using it on eggs or sperm, you’re still technically genetically modifying a human. I feel this kind of technology should only be used as a treatment or medicine of sorts. And not away to advance the human genome to one persons desires. Even if it means having to deal with some diseases. We could still use it on individuals, but only once they’re old enough to make the choice. Unless they’re like dying at age 7 of cancer.

[aoeu]

If its ethical to ban cousin marriage, then isn't CRISPR just an extension of it [assuming that it gets accurate*]? Also don't you think that its unfair that some for some people to hog all of the "good" genes? I'm talking about the people who learned 5 to read/write 5 languages before they were 4...

[travismccurdy]

Ethics stifles science, they really have no place together. All science need ask is "how", not "why". It is objective, not subjective.

[Strange]

We could literally change humans into superheroes and you people think that is somehow "immoral."
Astounding. Truly.

[quentin]

Sans rigoler.

Je travaille pour Monsanto depuis maintenant 6 ans, chez les lobbies pharmaceutiques en parallèle depuis 7 ans, je pourrai.

Ainsi que chez Google depuis 4 ans, 1m87 pour 86 kg

J'ai une vitesse de fou, et des réflexes identiques à ma vitesse. J'ai juste à l'attendre qu'il me charge, l'esquiver et lui donner des bonnes patates dans la tête. Je le lâcherai pas à la moindre erreur, le génome humain est fini. T'auras toujours des puceaux d'ici pour penser que c'est impossible. Rien n'est impossible avec de la volonté déjà les amis, et de 2) c'est pas avec votre corps de lâche que vous allez faire quoi que ce soit.

N'importe quel homme un minimum entraîné peut vaincre le génome humain avec CRISPR déjà. À main nue c'est pas forcément plus compliqué ça demande juste de la technique.

[Vipenstrike]

Don't let Monsanto create a monopoly with CRISPR

[joro]

You researchers love to play God, don't you? Healthy food & water will do the same thing eventually but you lunatics would rather destroy humanity.

[helpingyousmileagain]

Jennifer it’s not that hard all people have to do is eat well.