Kiran Musunuru > Quotes

“The best models we have for successful prevention and even eradication of global killers are the worldwide vaccination programs of the twentieth century.”
― Kiran Musunuru, The CRISPR Generation: The Story of the World's First Gene-Edited Babies

“It’s caused by having two copies of a particular missense mutation in the HBB gene that causes its coded protein, a subunit of hemoglobin, to have the amino acid valine in the sixth position instead of the amino acid glutamate. Hemoglobin’s role is to carry oxygen in red blood cells, delivering it to all of the tissues of the body.”
― Kiran Musunuru, The CRISPR Generation: The Story of the World's First Gene-Edited Babies

“One common joke about surgeons (most commonly told by non-surgeon physicians, in my experience): “What’s the difference between God and a surgeon? God doesn’t think He’s a surgeon”
― Kiran Musunuru, The CRISPR Generation: The Story of the World's First Gene-Edited Babies