Ronald Conlon, Associate Professor of Genetics and Genome Sciences (IMAGE)

Case Western Reserve University

Ronald Conlon, Associate Professor of Genetics and Genome Sciences

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"On one hand, genome editing holds real promise for preventing and treating potentially lethal human diseases such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, cancer and heart disease. At the same time, there are potentially grave risks, illustrated by the fact that in 2016 CRISPR-Cas9 was added to the (United States) list of possible weapons of mass destruction--the only biotechnology so listed." ~ Conlon

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Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

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