With the advent of precision genome editing, the ability to modify living organisms has proceeded with remarkable speed and breadth. Any application of this technology to the human germ line must be tightly coupled to deliberate consideration of the consequences, both scientific and social, of introducing heritable alterations to the human population. (nature genetics 4/17)

·         Dr. Doug Rhoads, Professor, UA Department of Biological Sciences

·         Dr. Roger Koeppe, Professor, UA Department of Chemistry/ Biochemistry