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HARDtalk: Jennifer Doudna

31/05/2018 GMT

Jennifer Doudna

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HARDtalk's Sarah Montague speaks to biochemist Jennifer Doudna.

Biochemist Jennifer Doudna reveals her thoughts on the breathtaking pace of innovation since her discovery of gene editing tool Crispr Cas9. Does she fear where it may lead?

HARDtalk's Sarah Montague speaks to biochemist Jennifer Doudna. Crispr Cas9 has been described as the greatest biological breakthrough in decades. It's a gene editing tool and the hopes that rest on it are immense - that it can be used to cure cancer and other intractable diseases, stop mosquitoes carrying malaria, create drought resistant crops and food that doesn't rot, even that it can recreate extinct animals. What does she make of the breathtaking pace of innovation since her discovery and does she fear where it may lead?

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