Gene drives on the horizon: challenges in science, ethics, and governance

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dc.contributor.authorHeitman, Elizabethen
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-04T13:23:58Z
dc.date.available2018-01-04T13:23:58Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-12
dc.description[Note: The slide presentation and video are not available from this event.] Tuesday, December 12, 2017; noon to 1 p.m.; Room D1.602. "Gene Drives on the Horizon: Challenges in Science, Ethics, and Governance". Elizabeth Heitman, Ph.D., Professor, Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.en
dc.description.abstract[Note: The slide presentation and video are not available from this event.] Since 2015, researchers using the gene editing technique CRISPR-Cas9 have developed laboratory-based proofs-of-concept for gene drives in yeast, fruit flies, mosquitoes, and mice that can efficiently introduce specific gene traits throughout a population. Most gene drive research to date has focused on controlling or altering organisms such as mosquitoes that transmit infectious diseases to humans, but gene drives have also been proposed as a way to address other complex and persistent problems in public health, agriculture, and conservation. This presentation will examine the science of gene drive research in non-human organisms and related challenges in ethics and governance. Reflecting on the work of the National Academies of Sciences' committee for which she served as co-chair, Dr. Heitman will describe the fundamental science of gene drives and the ethical concerns they raise, the role of public engagement in risk assessment, and the recommendations for responsible practices in gene drive research that the Committee made in its June 2016 report, Gene Drives on the Horizon.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUT Southwestern--Program in Ethicsen
dc.identifier.oclc1020707186
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152.5/4446
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectGrand Roundsen
dc.subject.meshTeaching Roundsen
dc.subject.meshClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeatsen
dc.subject.meshCRISPR-Cas Systemsen
dc.subject.meshGene Drive Technologyen
dc.subject.meshRisk Assessmenten
dc.titleGene drives on the horizon: challenges in science, ethics, and governanceen
dc.typeOtheren

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