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SUMMARY:Round table on CRISPR Babies in China
DTSTART:20181130T110000
DTEND:20181130T120000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Didier Trono\, Roger G Clerc\, Marie-Valentine Florin\, Kennet
 h Oye\nThis week\, Chinese scientist He Jainkui announced the birth of the
  first genetically tailored humans using the gene editing. We are happy to
  invite to a panel discussion on this specific case and on long-term issue
 s that it raises for science and policy.\n\n	What was claimed and what was
  actually done in China ? [Didier Trono]\n	What is the medical significanc
 e and ethical propriety?  [Roger G. Clerc]\n	What risk\, governance and c
 onsent issues are associated? [Marie-Valentine Florin]\n	What are the shor
 t and long-term policy implications? [Kenneth Oye]\n\n \nShort bios of th
 e panelists:\nDidier Trono\, MD\, is a Professor for genetics and virolo
 gy at EPFL and helps stir the Swiss efforts towards exploiting new technol
 ogies in the field of health. Once focused on HIV/AIDS and gene therapy\, 
 his research is now exploring how epigenetics is shaping human biology and
  how its understanding can open new avenues in medicine. \n \nRoger G Cl
 erc\, PhD\, is a Professor for molecular biology and epigenetics at the B
 iozentrum University of Basel and a former Hoffmann la Roche principal sci
 entist in metabolic disease area.\n \nMarie-Valentine Florin is the Exec
 utive Director of the EPFL International Risk Governance Center\, a multi-
 stakeholder platform and a convening place at the interface between scienc
 e and policy.\n \nKenneth Oye\, PhD\, is a Professor in social sciences 
 and engineering and Director of the Program on Emerging Technologies at MI
 T.  He is a research affiliate of the Synthetic Biology Center\, the Cent
 er for Biomedical Innovation and the Broad Institute Foundry. 
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