CRISPR Has The Potential To Improve Lives. But At What Cost?

CRISPR Has The Potential To Improve Lives. But At What Cost?

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CRISPR, the breakthrough method for editing genes, has the potential to improve our lives. But one of its inventors warns us scientists may be tempted to change life itself — in ways we won’t like. Jennifer Doudna and R. Alta Charo join Meghna Chakrabarti.