Alta Charo, a 2019-20 CASBS fellow, is a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin. Host John Markoff spoke with Charo about the ethics of genome editing in the fields of ecology and human biology. Shout out to CASBS information manager Jason Gonzales for opening this episode for us!
She recommends checking out the documentary “Human Nature,” in which she appears.
Learn about CRISPR gene editing
Revive & Restore, the organization working on “genetic rescue” of endangered and extinct species.
The controversy over He Jiankui’s genetic modification of human embryos
CASBS staff member Jason Gonzales read this episode's opening line. Woohoo!