S2E01 | CRISPR: Changing Course of Humanity with Kevin Davies

Info Under The Radar

Welcome to season 2 of Info Under the Radar. New topics and new guests with your familiar hosts. In the first episode of this new season, we are talking about one of the most revolutionary gene-editing technologies, CRISPR. We are talking about various facets of CRISPR with none other than Kevin Davies, who is the author of EDITING HUMANITY: The Crispr Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing and many other books, links of all of which can be found below. Timestamps (06:15) - Why should a layperson care about CRISPR and how CRISPR came about? (25:00) - Recap of how CRISPR works and what has been achieved on humans using CRISPR (27:45) - Sickle cell anemia and technical details of how CRISPR can potentially cure it (33:20) - Intermission (34:00) - Ethical dilemmas related to CRISPR and the infamous story of CRISPR babies in China (46:30) - Was doing gene editing of CRISPR babies for a valid reason? (50:10) - Is it possible to tell if someone’s gene was edited by looking at their DNA signature? (53:20) - Side effects of CRISPR based editing (59:00) - Future of CRISPR based therapeutics and pricing policy for such therapeutics (66:00) - Commercial aspects of CRISPR (69:50) - Resources to learn more about the field of CRISPR and gene editing Reach out to Kevin on his Twitter: @KevinADavies (https://twitter.com/KevinADavies) Kevin’s new Book - Editing Humanity: The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing Kevin’s other Books: https://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Davies/e/B001H6V3M0 Resources mentioned by Kevin: The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54968118-the-code-breaker The Human Gene Editing Debate by John H. Evans: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51456306-the-human-gene-editing-debate The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans by Eben Kirksey: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/49127465-the-mutant-project Reach out to us with your comments, suggestions, or critique here: Twitter: @infounderradar Instagram: @infoundertheradar Your hosts on Twitter: Devendra: @InDevOut Vishwajeet: @vishwajeets3 Music Credits: Origami by Johny Grimes https://soundcloud.com/johny-grimesCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/_-origamiMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/m-pdlZ7VaDE