Winner: Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) 2020 Award for Best Public Intellectual Special Issue: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, vol. 63, no. 1, Special Issue on CRISPR

The 12 essays in this special issue focus on CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats), a genome-editing tool that allows researchers to alter DNA sequences and modify gene function. Written for the general public, the articles probe the urgent questions posed by this genetic editing tool that has the potential to give an individual the power to genetically engineer the human species. Dr. Neal Baer, the issue's Guest Editor, is an Emmy-nominated television producer and pediatrician and has explored the potentially harmful uses of CRISPR on Designated Survivor, a Netflix series he writes and produces.