“What if We Could Rewrite the Human Genome?” asks Sternberg at TEDMED

In his 2015 TEDMED talk and corresponding interview segment in the TED Radio Hour, former Doudna lab graduate student Sam Sternberg explains how curiosity-driven research led to the development of the CRISPR gene editing method, how genetic engineering works, and some of the challenging ethical questions that arise from the application of this powerful technique.

Listen to Dr. Sternberg’s ~18 minute TED Radio Hour segment:

Watch his ~14 minute TEDMED talk, “What if we could rewrite the human genome?”: