Pope Francis has appointed the co-inventors of the CRISPR genome editing technology to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, who discovered CRISPR fewer than ten years ago, were appointed to the Vatican’s scientific academy consecutively Aug. 10-11. Their discovery sparked research into new treatments for cancer and other diseases, earning the two female scientists the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, but it also poses a host of bioethical questions.
Inventors of CRISPR Gene Editing Appointed to Pontifical Academy of Sciences| National Catholic Register
Inventors of CRISPR Gene Editing Appointed to Pontifical Academy of Sciences| National Catholic Register
