Book Club - A crack in creation

Cover of A Crack in Creation by Jennifer Doudna & Sam Sternberg

The development of Crispr, and the ethical questions raised by new genome editing techniques

We are the products of nature and nurture, but the invention of Crispr, which enables us to alter our genomes, means we could soon be nurturing nature. This may well lead to a cure for HIV or certain types of cancer, but arguably it might lead to designer babies.