Marchant Co-authors Noteworthy NAS Report on Human Gene Editing

  LSI Faculty Director and Regents’ Professor of Law, Gary Marchant,was one of the co-authors of today’s National Academies of Sciences report on Human Gene Editing.  Here is a one paragraph summary of the report: “Genome editing is a powerful new tool for making precise alterations to an organism’s genetic material. Recent scientific advances have […]

Marchant Quoted in Buzzfeed at Prestigious NIH Meeting

Gary 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 […]

Marchant Speaks at Prestigious NAS International Summit on Human Gene Editing

Gary Marchant, ASU Regents’ Professor of Law and Director of the Center‘s GET Program, recently presented at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine International Summit on Human Gene Editing.  His presentation on international governance is available here.  Marchant is also a member of the National Academies Consensus Study committee on gene editing through […]

Technology Triple Trivia

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. September 22, 2015 1. What recent appeal to recognize people’s right to, and wrongful censorship of, information was tossed out the window? Hint: Answer: the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) rejected Google’s informal appeal of a notice requiring the internet giant to comply with name-search delisting […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia for March 24, 2015

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. What technology shows that love knows no boundaries when it comes to language? Hint: Answer: with the emergence of more sophisticated translation apps and software programs comes the greater possibility of love developing between two people who don’t speak the same language.   Google Translate came to […]