Molecular biologists are at the forefront of the genome editing technology, exploring its immense potential for diagnostics, therapeutics and other out-of-the-box applications. This puts them in a perfect position to share the current advancements in genetic engineering and discuss ongoing challenges and limitations of the technology. We thus approached various molecular biologists to debunk the misconceptions surfaced during our survey. This can be found in #CasAsks: Survey.
Our team therefore hopes to become a bridge between the scientists who have the in-depth knowledge on genome editing and the general public who will be the eventual consumer of this technology. In this post, we distilled the keynotes highlighted by the expert scientists during our interviews to provide the general public with a wider perspective on the issue of genome editing.
Bridging the Gap: Interview keynote with expert scientists and bioethicists