Coverage dated September 29, 2026

The part of CRISPR that keeps scientists up at night

Headline from Big Think

Jennifer Doudna, biochemist and CRISPR co-inventor, walks through the technology’s biggest ethical flashpoints: the 2018 announcement of the first gene-edited babies, the use of gene drives to spread edited traits through wild populations like mosquitoes, and the growing (if overhyped) push to reviv…

Big Think's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Reports & sources

2 articles, oldest first.

  1. Big Think

    The part of CRISPR that keeps scientists up at night (opens Big Think)

    Published

    Big Think's feed description

    Jennifer Doudna, biochemist and CRISPR co-inventor, walks through the technology’s biggest ethical flashpoints: the 2018 announcement of the first gene-edited babies, the use of gene drives to spread edited traits through wild populations like mosquitoes, and the growing (if overhyped) push to reviv…

  2. Big Think

    CRISPR’s co-inventor on the importance of responsibility in science (opens Big Think)

    Published

    Big Think's feed description

    Jennifer Doudna, biochemist and CRISPR co-inventor, walks through the technology’s biggest ethical flashpoints: the 2018 announcement of the first gene-edited babies, the use of gene drives to spread edited traits through wild populations like mosquitoes, and the growing (if overhyped) push to reviv…

The part of CRISPR that keeps scientists up at night | Since Then