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Marchant Quoted in Buzzfeed at Prestigious NIH Meeting

GaryGary E. Marchant

July 14, 2016

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, ASU Regents’ Professor of Law, Gary E. Marchant attended a significant, historical meeting in Washington, DC, on the ethics of human gene editing.  Challenging NIH Director Francis Collins who said, “science is not ready for the controversial new technology to be used to eliminate genetic diseases that are passed down from one generation to the next,” Marchant countered with asking Collins how he would answer parents “whose only option to have a healthy child was through editing at the embryo stage.”  To find out what Collins’ response was, click here.