“As we began discussing authorship of a white paper summarizing our conclusions, we debated who our target audience should be and what kind of outcome we were hoping to achieve.”

“in 2011, Rachel and I founded a company called Caribou Biosciences to commercialize the Cas proteins.”

“Editas Medicine has an exclusive multimillion-dollar license with Juno Therapeutics to develop T cell therapies”

“PGD has also been used for other controversial purposes, such as the birth if so-called savior siblings, destined from the moment of implantation not only to live their own lives, but also to serve...”

“we founded Editas Medicine with $43 million in financing from three venture capital firms.”

“have no doubt, this technology will someday, somewhere be used to change the genome of our own species in ways that are heritable, forever altering the genetic composition of human kind.”

“This (...) had made me aware for the first time of the well-disguised myth that they and the academic institutions they represent are bastions of a free exchange of ideas. They are -but only of tho...”

“It’s not that I was categorically opposed to the idea of scientists and physicians using gene editing to introduce heritable changes into the human genome.”

“We stand at a crossroads. Do we choose 'the will to power' or 'the will to humanity,' or perhaps a new configuration of both: the power of humanity?”

“One thing I learned as a journalist is that there is at least one disgruntled person in every workplace in America -- and at least double that number with a conscience. Hard as they try, they simpl...”

“Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to dimini...”