To better understand the current research being done in my intended major (biochemistry) I attended a talk given by Jennifer Doudna, one of the scientists most involved with genome-editing research using CRISPR. It was incredibly interesting learn about how CRISPR worked and how her work helped create the pathway for genome editing that is currently extremely well-known. Her passion for her work increased my own desire to eventually work in a research lab that studies the human genome and perhaps helps with neurodegenerative diseases. However, since genome editing has the potential for more harmful things than curing disease, I am glad that she also addressed the ethical problems related to CRISPR genome editing in a serious manner. My artifact is the notes I took throughout her lecture, some of which depict how CRISPR works.
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