Kevin M. Esvelt
Posts by Kevin M. Esvelt
- COVID-19
Could the Common Cold Help Stop Covid-19? We Need to Know–Now.
Read the PostCOVID-19In an essay published in Scientific American, we call for immediate and intensive research into the possibility that exposure to one of the coronaviruses that cause the common cold could decrease the severity of Covid-19, and could be leveraged to expand what’s been called “pre-existing” immunity to the disease by deliberate transmission of common cold coronaviruses. Here, we expand on our proposal.Read the Post
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- Bioethics Forum Essay
Moratorium on Human Genome Editing: Time to Get It Right
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He Jiankui: A Sorry Tale of High-Stakes Science
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayIn response to news of the world’s first babies born in China from gene-edited embryos, Sam Sternberg, a CRISPR/Cas9 researcher at Columbia University, spoke for many when he said “I’ve long suspected that scientists, somewhere, would rush to claim the ‘prize’ of being first to apply CRISPR...Read the Post - Hastings Center News
Should Gene-Edited Mice Be Released to Control Lyme Disease?
Read the PostHastings Center NewsHastings Center research scholar Carolyn P. Neuhaus participated in a panel discussion on Martha’s Vineyard on July 12 to discuss a proposal to release genetically modified mice to curb the spread of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. A Netflix film crew recorded the event, which featured...Read the Post
