Hacking Evolution: Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race (Hybrid)


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James Watson discovered the structure of DNA in 1953. By 2012 Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier developed gene-editing technology called CRISPR. How does CRISPR work and what is the science behind it? Moral issues arise from designer genes: Can we edit DNA to make us virus-free, enhance our children's looks and intelligence, or have a ballet dancer's good feet? Who can possess this technology? Who controls it? Doudna and Charpentier won the Nobel Prize in 2020 for CRISPR. 
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Class Details

11 Session(s)
Weekly - Thu

Location
North Shore Senior Center

Instructor
Multiple

 

Notice

Please read:  Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson, Participants take turns leading class. Personal anecdotes related to topic allowed.

Non-Member: 

$83.00

Member:

 $69.00

Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
1/15/2026 - 3/26/2026 Weekly - Thu 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM Northfield, North Shore Senior Center  Map, Room: Rauner Room Lynne Donoghue  ; Michael Reinstein 

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