In our Human Practice, we will share our commitment to understand public opinions, to practice responsible Science and to engage key stakeholders. To establish relevance, we started the process with #CasAsks where a survey was published to gather public opinion and perception on genome editing. Using the data gathered from our survey as the basis, we took #CasAsks one step further to consult expert opinion on genome editing. These experts include current scientists with strong knowledge of genome editing and Bioethicist to understand the societal impact further. This affirmed our choice to zoom into RNA editing.
Concurrently, we rolled out a multipronged public engagement effort in view of the misconceptions we collected during the survey. Our pubic engagement effort is broken down into three unique and yet concerted approach: #CasTalks (videos targeted at public), #CasTeaches (outreach talks targeted at students) and #CasWrites (discussion essays targeted at critical thinkers).
Together, these four components of our Human Practice will provide the public with a more in-depth and holistic understanding on the topic of genome editing in both the scientific advancement and its societal impact.