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Prof. Zoloth Quoted in NPR Bioethics Story
May 16, 2025
KJ Muldoon, who was born at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in August, reaches out to doctors after being treated for a rare genetic disorder using CRISPR technology. CHLOE DAWSON/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Laurie Zoloth, the Margaret E. Burton Professor of Relgion and Ethics, was called upon as a bioethics expert for an NPR story about a promising genetic treatment tailor-made for a baby born with a rare disorder.
"'Many ethical issues were indeed clearly and carefully addressed,' agrees Laurie Zoloth, a University of Chicago bioethicist."
Read the full story here: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5389620/gene-editing-treatment-crispr-inherited