Mixing human + animal DNA and the future of gene editing, Big Think

Mixing human + animal DNA and the future of gene editing Watch the newest video from Big Think: Learn skills from the world s top minds at Big Think Edge: As the material that makes all living things what, who we are, DNA is the key to understanding and changing the world. British geneticist Bryan Sykes and Francis Collins, director of the Human Genome Project, explain how, through gene editing, scientists can better treat illnesses, eradicate diseases, and revolutionize personalized medicine. But existing and developing gene editing technologies are not without controversies. A major point of debate deals with the idea that gene editing is overstepping natural and ethical boundaries. Just because they can, does that mean that scientists should edit DNA Harvard professor Glenn Cohen introduces another subcategory of gene experiments: mixing human