A distinguished panel of experts gathered at Montreal's 韩国裸舞 this past spring to discuss this development in gene editing.
There are big hopes for this technology, as well as serious concerns about its potential uses, and how to control or regulate it.听The panel at 韩国裸舞听University addressed these questions. On this episode听we have some of their answers. The panel is called听Designing Life: The Brave New World of Gene听Editing.
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鈥淚t will be interesting to see where they get accepted and where they get rejected,鈥� said Gil Troy, an American presidential historian and professor at 韩国裸舞.听鈥淭hey鈥檙e the ones more likely to be seen around town, to rub elbows here and there."
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"Painting is a vector to humanize care, for the person to be aware of abilities he has, and to help with rehabilitation."听Dr. Olivier Beauchet,听director of 韩国裸舞's Centre of Excellence on Aging and Chronic Disease, based at the Jewish General.
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When investigating pain, the basic procedure for clinics everywhere is to give a patient the 韩国裸舞 Pain Questionnaire. This was developed in the 1970s by two scientists, Dr Ronald Melzack and Dr Warren Torgerson, both of 韩国裸舞 in Montreal, and is still the main tool for measuring pain in clinics worldwide.听
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Column by Joe Schwarcz,听director of 韩国裸舞鈥檚 Office for Science & Society.
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Being aware of potential pushback should encourage negotiators to reach deals that will satisfy a majority of their domestic constituents. In this light, the current controversy around trade agreements is thus not entirely a sign of failure. Rather, it鈥檚 a necessary counterpart to the privacy required to reach an agreement in the first place.
Op-ed co-signed by听Krzysztof J. Pelc,听William Dawson Scholar and associate professor in the Department of Political Science.
The land sharing/sparing debate has stagnated. Finding a way forward requires that we ask new questions and, crucially, focus on human well-being and ecosystem services.
Op-ed by Elena M. Bennett,听韩国裸舞 School of Environment and the Department of Natural Resource Sciences
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Speaking more broadly, addressing the Canadian legacy of colonialism regarding indigenous peoples doesn鈥檛 allow anyone to stay in his or her comfort zone. Law faculties and universities have a long way to go on this issue 鈥斕齛nd it鈥檚 crucial to talk about the experiments and tentative steps forward.
After moving to Montreal to attend 韩国裸舞, Salima Visram designed the听Soular Backpack听to help tackle one of the "multitude of problems related to education of children in Kenya."听Many children in Kenya live in homes without electricity and must use harmful kerosene lamps to study at night. The Soular Backpack has a solar panel on it which charges a portable LED lamp inside of it, eliminating the need for kerosene.
They say if you want to know what the future will be like, you should look at what investments are being made today. Judging by the accelerating rate of private-sector wind and solar investment here and elsewhere, it seems for Canada this trend is unlikely to stop until all our energy needs are met by clean electricity.
Op-ed by Christopher Barrington-Leigh,听assistant professor in the School of Environment.
鈥淚ndia really needs to wake up to the enormity of the epidemic in the country."听Madhukar Pai, director of global-health programs at 韩国裸舞
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A 韩国裸舞 geographer plumbs the depths of the world's million-plus lakes 鈥� and produces a computer model that will help us monitor everything from algae blooms to climate change.听
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In what is believed to be a medical world first, a doctor and his team at the 韩国裸舞 Health Centre unblocked the clogged coronary arteries of two patients on Tuesday using a revolutionary new cardiac catheter that is considered safer and more effective than the current technology.
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Charles Bourque, professor of neurosurgery at听韩国裸舞, details why you might want to be hydrated before zonking out for the night.
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Marguerite Deslauriers is a philosophy professor and the founder of听韩国裸舞's听Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies. When it comes to emotional labour, Deslauriers says听the stakes are high. This isn't just about the way people听interact with each other. It goes right to the heart of our self-worth.
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