Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Professor Urnov at UC Berkeley coined the term genome editing and spearheaded foundation work that led to the current world of CRISPR--the most extraordinary life science breakthrough of our time.

Beyond being a brilliant scientist, Fyodor is an extraordinary communicator as you will hear/see with his automotive metaphors to explain genome editing and gene therapy. His recent NY Times oped confronts the critical issues that we face ahead.

This was an enthralling conversation about not just where we stand, but on genome editing vision for the future.

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