{"id":340083,"date":"2017-05-04T22:22:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1480836"},"modified":"2017-05-04T22:22:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:22:03","slug":"caribou-biosciences-rachel-haurwitz-will-chat-with-us-about-clipping-out-cancer-at-disrupt-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/caribou-biosciences-rachel-haurwitz-will-chat-with-us-about-clipping-out-cancer-at-disrupt-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribou Bioscience\u2019s Rachel Haurwitz will chat with us about clipping out cancer at Disrupt NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CRISPR Cas9 \u2014 the framework to program and edit our genetic code \u2014 has been hailed as\u00a0the technological discovery of the century. The Cas9 enzyme acts as a type of genetic scissors, allowing scientists to snip out, edit and replace DNA at certain intervals along the genome and it holds great promise for improving our food supply and wiping out\u00a0cancer and other diseases in our lifetime.<\/p>\n

But U.S. regulations could be holding us back from making those discoveries \u2014 possibly for good reason. CRISPR has a sinister side, with the potential to radically alter humanity. Scientists using this new type of technology could select out certain traits not currently en vogue, wiping out entire swaths of\u00a0once-inherited characteristics or use it to create designer\u00a0superhuman babies only the rich could afford.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to get into all that and more on stage at Disrupt New York in a couple of weeks with the co-founder, president and CEO of Caribou Biosciences<\/a>, Rachel Haurwitz.<\/p>\n

Caribou is one of the leading startups pursuing commercial applications for CRISPR technology and is largely\u00a0focused on cancer therapies with\u00a0plans to expand into modifying the body\u2019s microorganisms to\u00a0treat other diseases.<\/p>\n

Haurwitz co-founded the company with her Berkeley colleague and famed CRISPR Cas9 co-inventor Jennifer Doudna. We\u2019re looking forward to chatting with Haurwitz about her work and the possibilities this new technology holds for the future of the human race.<\/p>\n

Haurwitz joins a jam-packed agenda full of amazing speakers and guests, which you can check out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pick up tickets to Disrupt NY, which runs May 15 to May 17, right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\" CRISPR Cas9 — the framework to program and edit our genetic code — has been hailed as\u00a0the technological discovery of the century. The Cas9 enzyme acts as a type of genetic scissors, allowing scientists to snip out, edit and replace DNA at certain intervals along the genome and it holds great promise for improving our food supply and wiping out\u00a0cancer and other diseases in our… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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