What Beth Shapiro has said about Gene drive
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 5, 2026
Beth Shapiro, American evolutionary biologist and Chief Science Officer at Colossal Biosciences, formerly a professor at UC Santa Cruz and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been quoted on Gene drive once in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on October 5, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Shapiro argues gene drives are a powerful tool that, with safety measures, should be considered, noting they can be limited to a fixed number of generations.
“I actually think that gene drives are an incredibly powerful way that we have at our fingertips where with the appropriate safety measures and care in place”
Huberman Lab: Bringing Extinct Species Back to Life | Dr. Beth Shapiro (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 1:21:41
Episodes
Bringing Extinct Species Back to Life | Dr. Beth ShapiroHuberman Lab · Oct 5, 2026 · 2 h 16 min
Andrew Huberman talks with evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro about species concepts, Neanderthal DNA, Colossal Biosciences' de-extinction projects, genetic rescue, and the ethics of human genetic selection.
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