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To me, the next horizons we'll be seeing:
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more work on genome editing.
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I think this concept of base editors that may be able
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to handle monogenic diseases in vivo
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could be a huge game changer.
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I try to have a lot of empathy for you
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whenever we read about the various decisions
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in the news, because I think it is very challenging
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to have to, one, implement a law,
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but then, in that frame, then following the science,
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but then also keeping up with society.
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It's a very difficult, challenging position that you're in.
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Yeah, no, I appreciate that.
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Thank you for noting that.
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I mean it is an interesting place to be here where,
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even though, for instance,
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for heritable genetic modifications,
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it's not something that we can do right now
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in the United States.
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We can't have an ostrich approach
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and just put our heads in the sand
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because at some point it could become possible again,
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and if we don't understand the technology,
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if we don't understand where things are,
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that will put us at a disadvantage.
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So, we do need to keep up with these things
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as they move along.