14 Quotes by Jennifer A. Doudna

PGD has also been used for other controversial purposes, such as the birth if so-called savior siblings, destined from the moment of implantation not only to live their own lives, but also to serve as organ or cell donors for a sibling.

we founded Editas Medicine with $43 million in financing from three venture capital firms.

The power to control our species’ genetic future is awesome and terrifying. Deciding how to handle it may be the biggest challenge we have ever faced.

The disjunction between scientific consensus and public opinion on the topic of GMOs is disturbing, to say the least.

Thus, the distinction between “natural” and “unnatural” has been obscured. Red grapefruits created by neutron radiation, seedless watermelons produced with the chemical compound colchicine, apple orchards in which every tree is a perfect genetic clone of its neighbors – none of these aspects of modern agriculture is natural. Yet most of us eat these foods without complaint.