One of the most common responses to our approach to using genetic technology to address the extinction crisis is that humans shouldn't ""play God."" But as our head of bioethics, Alta Charo, explains—we are part of nature. We are not separate from it. And we have a responsibility to correct the mistakes of our past 🌎 Alta Charo is a Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin with over 30 years of expertise in law and bioethics, serving on national and global committees on genome editing and biotechnology 🧬
Keep going Colossal. You are the vanguard. Conservation Genomics is a just cause and furtile ground for the frontiers of science.
It's ironic how no one argues when we exploit animals and resources, but when we work to save them, it suddenly becomes controversial. Please keep up the amazing work!
CEO WildBio Co. Cell line development, CellRanch BioBank, for the foodtech, biomedical and textile/cosmetics industry. paul@wildbio.org
2hSpot on, as the global apex species, we have not only a responsability, but also a duty to use all that is in our (ever developing) toolkit, for species/biodiversity/habitat restoration. Yes, we as a species, have allowed, that it has come to this. But, that its an exciting and purpose driven new tool and career to follow for aspiring young minds. Go for it...