That will allow the editing of the human genome. It is about the most important moral question you and your children will face, which is to what extent should we allow this technology to edit human genome. With me is the author of a crack in creation. More importantly she is author of a 2012, scientific paper that is basically explaining how crispr or crisper cas9 crispr test nine, can be used cas9 can be used in the human genome. We will talk about the implication of what that means, especially as we edit the human germline, and allow it to be passed on to our children. But before we get to the ethical implications i thought we should start a little bit with the narrative of how you got there. I think on this stage, some of you remember, we had dr. James watson, and Francis Crick of the double helix dna, and one of the main things he did was he wrote a book about how he got there. And i think of that when you were 12 years old your father but that by your bedside. Yes, to read first o
See more accumulations and also more snow with the accumulations getting there quicker. Northern and western loudon county, Winter Weather advisory. Its really tricky as you go across the divide, and winter storm warnings for oakland, and i guess good news for the ski resorts. Skiers a look at where the resort is now. Snow breaking out into pennsylvania, and rain is on the doorstep, and it will move in, and then it will kick heavy snow. We will give you the cityby city break down of the snowfall by noon. Topper, we have got the morning commute covered. Wake up washington is kicking off half an hour early tomorrow, and join jan, mike, and the Team Starting at 4 00 a. M. You have probably seen this face splashed across your twitter or facebook feed today. This is matthew stagger. He went missing released from prison. Investigators caught him blocks away from the dc police headquarters. A 60yearold woman locked up the restaurant she owns and started to head home, and thats when criminals
Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Were never going to see that lively spirit again. Shocked by a sudden loss, a friend of a cal student killed during an attack in bang ladesh. At least 28 people died in the attack and standoff that started friday in a restaurant in dhaka, bangladesh. She was there visiting family and working at an internship. We have more about the loss felt here in the bay area. Reporter her friends are devastated. They woke up to the news of a terrorist attack and quickly learned the girl who volunteered and planned to change the world was gone. Her death has devastated me. Im in tears. Reporter dana wrote this Facebook Post moments after finding out her friend was gone. Rest in peace. Reporter the two lived in priestly hall together, where they saw each other every day. They stayed in touch after moving out in may. She even sent this photo taken at her brothers graduation last month, before she left for bangladesh. Its unreal. Its just just t
Students association. She also worked on a student run Nonprofit Group which helped people in developing countries. Those who knew her said she was smart, ambitious and had a big heart. Im sure the community of berkeley feels it. We got sent an email. Most students are home for the summer break but those who heard are saddened by the news. Its terrible to end her life that short. To be somewhere where you thought you were going to go learn. I feel sorry for her family i hope they can deal with that. The student body will plan a vigil and memorial on campus. They hope to release information about that soon. Uc berkeley says 7 other students are doing the same internship. They are making sure those students are safe and deciding whether to get those students out of that area. A Jewish Center has been shut down all day after somebody called in are a bomb threat. Police were called in just after 9 00 in the morning. They evacuated the staff and called in the bomb squad. Technicians did a t
The area. I4, 275 over in Pinellas County all in the green this morning. Dan . George zimmerman claims he was attacked in a sanford restaurant sunday. The while row zimmerman claims his alleged attacker did it because he recognized him. There is another side to this story. Zimmerman called 911 to report he was punched for from reason. Witnesse martin in 2012 and another customer overheard him and got upset. Im not going to approach him. He told me he was going to kill me. He told me he would shoot me. He punched me in the face. Police pulled over a car, full of people, leaving the restaurant. But at this point nobody has been arrested. Reporter zimmerman just cant stay out of the spotlight . And dan it is not the last the news. Thousands of tweets poured in hours after the 911 call was released by police. Many we cant read or even show you on the air but the majority of the people are praising the attacker. Aside from runins with the law, zimmerman has had an Online Presence selling pa