WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.500 (upbeat electronic music) 2 00:00:05.093 --> 00:00:09.610 To me, the next horizons we'll be seeing: 3 00:00:09.610 --> 00:00:12.030 more work on genome editing. 4 00:00:12.030 --> 00:00:16.003 I think this concept of base editors that may be able 5 00:00:16.003 --> 00:00:20.228 to handle monogenic diseases in vivo 6 00:00:20.228 --> 00:00:23.050 could be a huge game changer. 7 00:00:23.050 --> 00:00:25.270 I try to have a lot of empathy for you 8 00:00:25.270 --> 00:00:28.210 whenever we read about the various decisions 9 00:00:28.210 --> 00:00:31.800 in the news, because I think it is very challenging 10 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:36.610 to have to, one, implement a law, 11 00:00:36.610 --> 00:00:40.760 but then, in that frame, then following the science, 12 00:00:40.760 --> 00:00:43.270 but then also keeping up with society. 13 00:00:43.270 --> 00:00:46.400 It's a very difficult, challenging position that you're in. 14 00:00:46.400 --> 00:00:47.650 Yeah, no, I appreciate that. 15 00:00:47.650 --> 00:00:48.840 Thank you for noting that. 16 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:51.600 I mean it is an interesting place to be here where, 17 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:52.760 even though, for instance, 18 00:00:52.760 --> 00:00:54.510 for heritable genetic modifications, 19 00:00:54.510 --> 00:00:56.240 it's not something that we can do right now 20 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:57.073 in the United States. 21 00:00:57.073 --> 00:01:00.020 We can't have an ostrich approach 22 00:01:00.020 --> 00:01:02.170 and just put our heads in the sand 23 00:01:02.170 --> 00:01:05.720 because at some point it could become possible again, 24 00:01:05.720 --> 00:01:07.870 and if we don't understand the technology, 25 00:01:07.870 --> 00:01:10.040 if we don't understand where things are, 26 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:12.010 that will put us at a disadvantage. 27 00:01:12.010 --> 00:01:15.650 So, we do need to keep up with these things 28 00:01:15.650 --> 00:01:16.973 as they move along.