S1 E3 | Using Genetic Editing to Heal Disease

In this episode, we explore the idea of using this technology to heal an existing condition. What would that mean for the patients involved? Is there something about our genetics that is intrinsic to us, that we wouldn’t want to change?

Guests appearing in the episode:


Emily DeArdo

Emily DeArdo is a Catholic author whose first book, Living Memento Mori: My Journey Through the Stations of the Cross, was published by Ave Maria Press this past January. She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF), an incurable genetic disease, when she was 11 years old, and recently celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of her double lung transplant. You can find Emily at emilymdeardo.com

Special Thanks:

Lauren Klingman, Mackenzie Kim

“All Will Be Well” original track by Jessica Gerhardt

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