Fourth Industrial Revolution

Everything you need to know about gene editing

A researcher inserts a sample into a receptacle inside the "DNA Lab" at the Beijing Genomics Institute in Shenzhen, southern China March 3, 2010. Some experts say the world is on the cusp of a "golden age" of genomics, when a look at the DNA code will reveal your risk of cancer, diabetes or heart disease, and predict which drugs will work for you. Yet the $3 billion international Human Genome Project, whose first phase was completed a decade ago, has not led to a single blockbuster diagnosis or product. Picture taken March 3, 2010. To match SPECIAL REPORT ENCE/GENOME  REUTERS/Bobby Yip    (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SCI TECH) - RTR2C9H4

Testing times: gene-editing techniques bring great promise - and spark ethical concerns Image: REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Alice Hazelton
Programme Lead, Science and Society, World Economic Forum
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