In the last few years there has been quite some research and experiments with artificial wombs and gene editing. It might feel like it’s still in the future, but a lot of it is already here, in the present. In today’s episode we think about what it would be like to create a baby in an artificial womb and grow it in your living room. And with all the progress happening in gene editing, will we design the perfect children in the future?

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Links:

Future of CRISPR article: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/jennifer-doudna-crispr

Article about the artificial womb: https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15421734/artificial-womb-fetus-biobag-uterus-lamb-sheep-birth-premie-preterm-infant

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Stay curious — Nadja & Leroy