In recognition of the annual gathering of the United Nation General Assembly, which has just begun here in New York, I wanted to share with you my essay outlining how…
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I hope you will watch this incredible short video of my Korean virtual doppelgänger speaking in my voice and with my mannerisms, presenting words I have written in English (I wish I…
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It’s a huge deal that UK regulators today granted their first-ever approval for a gene therapy created using CRISPR. Casgevy, developed by the companies Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics, treats the…
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If you weren’t previously paying attention to AI, I am guessing now you are. It’s hard for most people to imagine the ChatGPT bot was only released to the public…
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NOTE: This is the Chinese translation of my English language blog post on the origins of SARS-CoV-2. The English blog was initially posted on April 16, 2020, and has been…
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I was deeply honored to be invited last year to speak on the future of human genetic engineering at a small and high-level Vatican conference. While I do not agree…
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On April 14, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States was suspending funding to the World Health Organization. Here is my statement: New York April 15, 2020 Cutting…
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Given the seriousness of the coronavirus (technically SARS-COV-2/COVID-19) crisis, I hope you are taking extreme precautions, at least until the full magnitude of what we are facing becomes clearer. If…
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Soon after a series of incredible discoveries almost five decades ago launched the era recombinant DNA (later renamed genetically modified organisms, or GMOs), some of the world’s leading scientists and…
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For years, I have been saying the genetics revolution is not just coming but already here. As we unlock the secrets of our genomes and systems biology more broadly, we…
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