Reuters - Video

Edition: US | UK | IN | CN | JP

video Technology

Gene editing

6:13pm IST - 03:46

Matt Gooderick reports from San Francisco, where he speaks to one of the women behind a revolutionary gene-editing tool. The technology CRISPR-Cas9, has the potential to eradicate previously incurable diseases but poses ethical questions over the consequences of altering the human genome. Jennifer Doudna says the technology has the potential to do ‘wonderful’ and ‘terrible’ things.

▲ Hide Transcript

View Transcript

Uploaded by Vantage in London

Press CTRL+C (Windows), CMD+C (Mac), or long-press the URL below on your mobile device to copy the code

Gene editing

6:13pm IST - 03:46