Researchers at OHSU have done breakthrough work on one kind of genetic editing — mitochondrial replacement therapy.
Paul Sancya
- We sift through some of the big stories of the week with our news roundtable. This week, that's: Eve Epstein, Rob Kremer and Charles McGee.
- Earlier this week we heard from Lewis and Clark Law School professor Melissa Powers about a decision that holds that American citizens have a constitutional right to a livable climate. We hear from Lewis & Clark Law School Dean Emeritus Jim Huffman who finds this decision problematic.
- Reed College biology professor Sarah Schaack tells us about the questions we've answered and the many more questions we've begun to ask thanks to genome sequencing. She is giving a Science Pub lecture at the Empirical Theater at OMSI next Tuesday, December 13 at 5 pm.
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