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Drawing The Line: The Ethics of Gene Editing | William Hurlbut & Rudolf Jaenisch

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Drawing The Line: The Ethics of Gene Editing | William Hurlbut & Rudolf Jaenisch

November 30, 2018
The Veritas Forum
The Veritas Forum

Stanford neurobiologist William Hurlbut and MIT genetic biologist Rudolf Jaenisch discuss the ethics of gene editing at a Veritas Forum from MIT, moderated by Cullen Buie, MIT professor.

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