The Present And Future Of Gene Editing - EP 54 Jennifer Doudna

Core Memory · Jan 28, 2026 · 1h 17m

Let’s get right to the point: Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna is on the pod this week.

Doudna won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Emmanuelle Charpentier for their work developing “a method for high-precision genome editing.” They, and others, helped usher in the CRISPR revolution with people getting very, very excited about the prospects of editing genes in humans, animals, and plants with more precision and ease.

There have been some massive recent CRISPR wins. Casgevy, which treats sickle cell disease, emerged as the first FDA-approved CRISPR therapy. And, last year, an…