From IGI Founder Jennifer Doudna: "Jane Goodall showed us what a life in science could look like: rigorous discovery paired with fierce advocacy for what you study. She gave the world six decades of groundbreaking research on chimpanzees and their habitats... 1/2

Interested in the future of CRISPR gene editing and US science? Catch Nobel laureate @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social and The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg's discussion today at The Atlantic Festival 2025 in NYC. #TAF25
Passes and virtual link here:
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ON CRISPR: The Story of @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social — a new podcast from Walter Isaacson, expanding on The Code Breaker with key updates incl. Baby KJ. At its center: Doudna - Nobel laureate, CRISPR co-inventor & @innovativegenomics.bsky.social sky.social founder. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

“We’ve already seen the profound impact that an on-demand CRISPR therapy can have for one family, now we want to ensure that this approach can scale and be made available for more children around the world.”
- @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social, Nobel laureate, @innovativegenomics.bsky.social founder

🧬CRISPR is moving at breakneck speed! Join @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social and @emilychang.bsky.social on 6/5 for a live episode of #TheCircuit at #BloombergTech. From curing baby KJ to AIxCRISPR, this will be a candid conversation on gene editing's impact and future.
Livestream: www.bloomberg.com/live

In case you needed a smile this Tuesday: 10-month-old baby KJ, who received a bespoke gene-editing therapy after a six month scientific sprint - "graduated" from the hospital @childrensphila.bsky.social today and went HOME!

YAY SCIENCE!

Here's his story: wapo.st/451ZQjT

US supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social to power AI and scientific research
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Victoria Gray, the first individual to be cured of sickle cell disease with a CRISPR-based treatment, and Jennifer Doudna, #CRISPR pioneer, at the Liberty Science Center Genius Gala! 👑👑

Nobel laureate and #CRISPR pioneer @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social says her best insights often arrive when she is "weeding tomato plants" or "while asleep." A welcome reminder that innovation thrives in calm, reflective spaces. 🍅🌿✂️
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7/ 📰 The New York Times
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TIME
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WIRED
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NPR
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The Washington Post
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Endpoints News
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STAT
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6/ 📕 NEJM paper www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

📺 The IGI’s announcement innovativegenomics.org/news/first-p... and video about CRISPR on-demand, a first in the history of medicine www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7pj...

📺 CHOP's announcement page with videos www.chop.edu/centers-prog...

5/ This landmark achievement was made possible by @kiranmusunuru.bsky.social at @pennmedicine.bsky.social, @ahrensnicklas.bsky.social at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, @urnov.bsky.social and @innovativegenomics.bsky.social team, Danaher, and more.

4/ @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social, #CRISPR co-inventor and Nobel laureate, said of the milestone, “This was a remarkable team effort. The ability to develop an on-demand CRISPR therapy in such a short time opens up a new era for treating previously untreatable genetic diseases.”

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The patient, KJ, was born with CPS1 deficiency, a rare and severe metabolic disease affecting 1 in 1.3 million newborns. In just 6 months, scientists and doctors designed a CRISPR treatment that specifically targeted a genetic mutation in KJ’s liver cells.

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- This was medically vital, developed as a Manhattan Project for genetic medicine.

- It’s an N-of-1 therapy, a proof of concept showing how scientists can unite around a patient in need.

- It affirms the goal: Create scalable on-demand personalized CRISPR therapies accessible to all patients.

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The world’s first personalized #CRISPR gene editing therapy has successfully treated an infant with a rare genetic disease. What makes this a profound leap forward for science and patient care? 👇🧵

UC Berkeley wins chance to reclaim lucrative #CRISPR gene editing patent.

Jennifer Doudna @innovativegenomics.bsky.social on Demis Hassabis for TIME100.

"The future of biology won’t be siloed - it will be collaborative, interdisciplinary, and deeply creative. Demis is helping us get there faster."

Link to the full piece.
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1/ The age of #CRISPR is here. A new @economist.com Technology Quarterly report explores the history, science & impact of the breakthrough gene editing technology on medicine, climate & more.

Our thanks to @iemsteinmark.bsky.social for speaking with our clients.

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The @innovativegenomics.bsky.social team is the Avengers of gene editing, led by CRISPR co-inventor @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social. After 10 yrs of breakthroughs, IGI is driving the next era of CRISPR to transform health, agriculture, and climate resilience.

"Jennifer Doudna, the director of the Innovative Genomics Institute who shared the 2020 Nobel prize for the discovery of CRISPR gene editing, told STAT ... [1/4]
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“To stay at the forefront of biomedical innovation — and fuel entrepreneurship and economic competitiveness of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors — we need sustained support and stability, not disruption.”
- CRISPR pioneer @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social

#CRISPR pioneer @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social joined @leileiwu.bsky.social at @endpts.com @ #JPM25 for a conversation on rare disease gene editing, CRISPR for climate, germline editing, her evolving role across academia and industry, and the future of #AI in science.

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