There was a discussion about the culture of secrecy among CRISPR scientists on NPR's On The Media. The show host interviewed a scientist from MIT Media Lab, K

There was a discussion about the culture of secrecy among CRISPR scientists on NPR's On The Media. The show host interviewed a scientist from MIT Media Lab, Kevin Esvelt. Kevin is taking an ethical stand in his field, demanding that the scientific community conduct itself in a transparent, inclusive way. It's one of the reasons why he interviewed. "I want people who ideologically object to the very notion of altering nature in any way-- I would love for those people to take a close look at exactly what my group is working on and proposing to do and try to find anything they can think of that might go wrong. And if they succeed, if they find something we can't invent a way around, and we can't make it safe, then the project has to halt -- and that's as it should be. Right now, scientists do not tell anyone what they are currently doing and planning to do in the laboratory. I think the system would be better if all research was done in the open. Gene drive is the place where we must start. Everyone should have an opportunity to share their concerns and criticism when it comes to technologies that will impact all of us, and we would be foolish to dismiss concerns simply because someone doesn't have a degree." http://www.wnyc.org/story/editing-culture-science-crispr http://www.wnyc.org/story/editing-culture-science-crispr