Gene Editing Tech Risks and Rewards: Dr. Jennifer Doudna's Perspective

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 21 August 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In a wide-ranging interview with Ian Bremmer, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Jennifer Doudna discusses her groundbreaking work on the revolutionary gene-editing technology known as CRISPR. In their conversation she explains what CRISPR is and why it has the potential to cure diseases and fend off viruses. She also talks about the limits of this technology and advocates for a global policy consensus on what limitations there should be around gene editing. Policymakers must also factor in income inequality, Doudna argues, given how expensive CRISPR currently is and the potential it has to change so many lives.

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0:00.0	Imagine that we could eventually use genome editing to protect people from getting certain forms of
0:05.8	dementia that might otherwise, you know, they would succumb to because of their genetics.
0:10.3	I think that would be an incredible advance.
0:14.7	Hello and welcome to the G0 World podcast.
0:18.3	This is where you can find extended versions of my interviews on public television.
0:22.5	I'm Ian Bremmer, and today a look at whether gene editing could improve life on Earth,
0:27.8	or lead us to the same kind of dystopian nightmare outlined in Blade Runner.
0:33.7	From curating the perfect crop to eradicating deadly diseases, visiting your local geneticists
0:39.1	could soon become as routine as visiting the dentist. I'm talking to scientist Jennifer Dowdna,
0:46.5	whose work in the field led her to win the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Let's get right to it.
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1:24.3	Jennifer Dautna, so lovely to see you. Thanks for joining on GZero World.
1:28.3	Thanks for inviting me, Ian. Great to be here.
1:30.3	So I have to start. Of course, congratulations for winning the 2020 Nobel in chemistry.
1:38.3	At what point did you first realize that you had discovered something life-changing?
1:47.1	I think I would have to say it came in stages.
1:51.2	There was the feeling of anticipation when I started a collaboration with Emmanuel
1:57.5	Sharpenteeer back in 2011.
1:59.9	Who won the Nobel with you, yeah.
2:01.5	Right, right, for our collaborative work.
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