Cutting-edge research almost always carries with it profound and difficult ethical questions. Researchers at WID are engaged in conversations about ethics, from the ethics of research methods in general to the ethics of specific research areas, including gene editing, stem cell research, clinical uses of virtual reality, and more.

CRISPR with a ‘dimmer’ could elevate precision gene editing

2025-11-11T11:23:18-06:00

“This platform has the potential to ‘dim’ genome editing in a wide variety of contexts,” says WID faculty, Krishanu Saha, “not only inside the body, but outside the body, and also has implications for fundamental studies of how genome editing occurs in cells, in tissues, and in animals.”

CRISPR with a ‘dimmer’ could elevate precision gene editing2025-11-11T11:23:18-06:00

WID alumnus awarded first AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship in the U.S. Department of the Treasury

2024-11-14T22:45:03-06:00

WID and Saha Lab alumnus, and current postdoc at the Morgridge Institute for Research, Amritava Das anticipates that he will put his engineering and bioscience training to use exploring the sometimes knotty connections between science, national security, and finance.

WID alumnus awarded first AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship in the U.S. Department of the Treasury2024-11-14T22:45:03-06:00

Scientists Struggle with Sexism and Racism: ‘We Think These Bias Studies Don’t Apply to Us’

2024-11-14T22:15:12-06:00

The Washington Post writes about the harsh realities faced by women and minorities in science presented by WID Director Jo Handelsman at the Society for Neuroscience conference in Washington, D.C.

Scientists Struggle with Sexism and Racism: ‘We Think These Bias Studies Don’t Apply to Us’2024-11-14T22:15:12-06:00
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