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From the Ted Talk by Jennifer Doudna: How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA

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brnuo Giussani: Jennifer, this is a technology with huge consequences, as you pnoteid out. Your attitude about asking for a pasue or a moratorium or a quarantine is incredibly responsible. There are, of course, the therapeutic results of this, but then there are the un-therapeutic ones and they seem to be the ones gaining traction, particularly in the media. This is one of the latest issues of The Economist — "Editing humanity." It's all about genetic enhancement, it's not about therapeutics. What kind of reactions did you get back in macrh from your colleagues in the science world, when you akesd or suggested that we should actually pause this for a moment and think about it?

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_____ Giussani: Jennifer, this is a technology with huge consequences, as you _______ out. Your attitude about asking for a _____ or a moratorium or a quarantine is incredibly responsible. There are, of course, the therapeutic results of this, but then there are the un-therapeutic ones and they seem to be the ones gaining traction, particularly in the media. This is one of the latest issues of The Economist — "Editing humanity." It's all about genetic enhancement, it's not about therapeutics. What kind of reactions did you get back in _____ from your colleagues in the science world, when you _____ or suggested that we should actually pause this for a moment and think about it?

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Original Text

Bruno Giussani: Jennifer, this is a technology with huge consequences, as you pointed out. Your attitude about asking for a pause or a moratorium or a quarantine is incredibly responsible. There are, of course, the therapeutic results of this, but then there are the un-therapeutic ones and they seem to be the ones gaining traction, particularly in the media. This is one of the latest issues of The Economist — "Editing humanity." It's all about genetic enhancement, it's not about therapeutics. What kind of reactions did you get back in March from your colleagues in the science world, when you asked or suggested that we should actually pause this for a moment and think about it?

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