On the 29th of November 2018, the world woke up to a headline which sounded like science fiction. The first genetically modified humans had been born. The scientist who created them is now in prison.But the technology which made them possible has not gone away. When you hear the term genetically modified, your mind might jump to ideas of designer babies edited to be taller, prettier, cleverer. However, this was not the case here.Hajjangqui was the first scientist to use gene editing to disable the CCR5 gene ...

[Applause] Okay. Hello, my name is Euan. Um, to give you a bit of context about why I'm giving this talk, as I was growing up, I was fascinated by dinosaurs.So, naturally, I watched Jurassic Park. Many of you have probably seen it, too. or Godzilla or some other movie with genetic modification.So when we think of genetic modification, these are our first thoughts. It is something scary and involves monsters with big teeth eating people. By this point, you're probably wondering where I'm going with this talk ...