Discussion | Human Germline Modification: Medicine, Science, Ethics, and Law

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Channel: Stanford Law School · 2015 · Education

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On May 14th, Stanford's Center for Law and the Biosciences and Stanford's Phi Beta Kappa Chapter co-hosted a panel event on editing the human germline genome, entitled "Human Germline Modification: Medicine, Science, Ethics, and Law.”  
The event brought together top scholars and experts to discuss the law, ethics, and science behind CRISPR-CAS9 generally, and its application to the human germline more specifically. The speaker line-up included Marcy Darnovsky, Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society; CLB's Hank Greely; Paul Knoepfler, Professor of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, UC Davis School of Medicine; Christopher Thomas Scott, Director, Stanford Program on Stem Cells in Society, and; Lynn Westphal, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University Medical School.

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