Capturing a Moment with Marc Zimmer’s “The State of Science”
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Blog Post
Published
July 30, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
...years, but lay readers may be less familiar with gene drives and their ramifications. Readers unfamiliar...in Doug Prasher, who originally isolated the GFP gene but was not included amongst the Nobel prize winners...time on Addgene’s role in the rapid dissemination of these technologies, proposing that “Addgene, with ...contributed to the steadily increasing distrust the general public has in science and scientists (as discussed...replace scientists themselves.
The sections on optogenetics and CRISPR of course address some of the ethical...has been a key driver of the technology.” As an Addgene vet of 12 years, I’m very familiar with the role...I discussed The State of Science with the five Addgene colleagues who read it with me, the consistent ...