George Church

Professor of Genetics at Harvard and MIT

Founder of the Personal Genome Project

Dr. George Church is a geneticist and molecular engineer who is working to revive the extinct woolly mammoth. He is the Robert Winthrop professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and a professor of health sciences and technology at Harvard and MIT. Dr. Church developed the methods used for the first genome sequence and founded the Personal Genome Project. He has earned dozens of awards and honors, including Time’s “100 Most Influential People,” and is the author of 490 papers, 130 patent publications, and the book “Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves.”

Debates Featuring George Church

Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies?

With Françoise Baylis, George Church, Marcy Darnovsky, Amy Webb

February 17, 2022

A genetic disease runs in your family. Your doctor tells you that, should you wish to have a child, that child is likely to also carry the disease. But new gene-editing technology could change your fate. It could ensure that your baby is -- and remains -- healthy. Even more, it could potentially make sure your grandchildren are also free of the disease. What do you do? Now, imagine it's not a rare genetic disorder, but a general illness, or…

Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies?

With Françoise Baylis, George Church, Marcy Darnovsky, Amy Webb

February 17, 2022

Don't Bring Extinct Creatures Back to Life

With Stewart Brand, George Church, Ross MacPhee, Lynn J. Rothschild

January 31, 2019

De-extinction describes the process of creating an organism which is a member of, or closely resembles, an extinct species. While this process was once a sci-fi fantasy explored in films like “Jurassic Park,” recent biological and technological breakthroughs indicate that reviving extinct creatures, like the passenger pigeon and the woolly mammoth, could become a reality. De-extinction’s proponents argue that the benefits are many, including correcting mistakes of the past by bringing back extinct ecosystems and organisms and helping to curb…

Don't Bring Extinct Creatures Back to Life

With Stewart Brand, George Church, Ross MacPhee, Lynn J. Rothschild

January 31, 2019

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Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies?

Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies?

Don't Bring Extinct Creatures Back to Life

Don't Bring Extinct Creatures Back to Life

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