What are the potential benefits and risks associated with altering human DNA? Is science and society prepared for the ethical, moral, and policy questions raised by new technological capabilities?

Eleonore Pauwels, public policy scholar with the Science and Technology Innovation Program at SYNENERGENE consortium partner Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, answers questions on human genome editing in this interview.

Human Genome Editing: Hopes and Fears from the Wilson Center's Science and Technology Innovation Program

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