CRISPR and reproductive technology: promises, problems, and ethics | Jacob Corn | Nobel Conference
Channel: Gustavus Adolphus College
Date: 03/10/2017

Jacob Corn, PhD presenting "CRISPR Gene Editing" at the 53rd annual Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in 2017.

Dr. Corn’s talk discusses the CRISPR/Cas9 technique to edit the genome of human embryos, and the reasons he has chosen to refrain from such applications for the present.

Corn is the scientific director of the Innovative Genomics Initiative. His laboratory, which includes branches at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco, conducts core basic research on the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technique. Corn has also conducted pioneering work using CRISPR/Cas9 to treat diseases such as sickle cell anemia, an illustration of the priority he places upon the clinical implementations of this basic research. He has written on limiting the use of CRISPR/Cas9 in the human germline until we can better delineate safe and ethical parameters for its use.
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