Thought Leader Profile
George Church
Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
George M. Church, PhD '84, is a professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, a founding member of the Wyss Institute, and director of PersonalGenomes.org, the world's only open-access information on human genomic, environmental, and trait data.
George is known for pioneering the fields of personal genomics and synthetic biology. He developed the first methods for the first genome sequence and dramatic cost reductions since then (down from $3 billion to $600), contributing to nearly all "next-generation sequencing" methods and companies. His team invented CRISPR for human stem-cell genome editing and other synthetic biology technologies and applications - including new ways to create organs for transplantation, gene therapies for aging reversal, and gene drives to eliminate Lyme disease and malaria.
George is the director of the IARPA and NIH BRAIN projects and the National Institutes of Health Center for Excellence in Genomic Science. He has coauthored 450 papers, 105 patents, and one book, Regenesis. His honors include the Franklin Bower Laureate for Achievement in Science, the Time 100, and election to the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering.
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Posted on Thu Apr 24, 2025, 7:00 am
Matter Bio Announces Landmark Collaboration to Decode Exceptional Longevity a... -
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Game of clones: Colossal’s new wolves are cute, but are they dire? - MIT Tech... -
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Colossal Announces World’s First De-Extinction: Birth of Dire Wolves - Busine... -
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Woolly mouse could have Colossal impact on human longevity - Longevity.Techno... -
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Colossal’s Multiplex-Edited Mice Replicate Woolly Mammoth Hair Traits - Genet... -
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The Dish Live with special guest George Church - Wyss Institute at Harvard -
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George Church has developed tools for large-scale editing of the genome - Har... -
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GC Therapeutics Launches to Scale and Unlock the Next Generation of Cell Ther... -
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Startup from George Church’s lab raises $75M to develop ‘supercell’ medicines... -
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From 'science fiction to reality': New George Church-founded biotech raises $... -
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Biotechnology for Conservation and De-Extinction - Wyss Institute at Harvard -
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George Church Startup Nets $60M to Take Non-Standard Amino Acids to the Clini... -
Posted on Mon Oct 30, 2023, 7:00 am
How Church and Langer Make the Impossible Possible - Genetic Engineering and ... -
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A Pioneer of The Multiplex Frontier - the-scientist.com -
Posted on Mon Dec 16, 2019, 8:00 am
Dating app based on genetic matching not eugenics, scientist says - The Guardian -
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Radical Technology Meets Radical Application: An Interview with George Church... -
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Genetics pioneer George Church on support for human gene editing: As long as ... -
Posted on Sun Dec 8, 2019, 8:00 am
George Church: The complicated ethics of genetic engineering - 60 Minutes - C... -
Posted on Sun Dec 8, 2019, 8:00 am
Harvard geneticist George Church's goal: to protect humans from viruses, gene...
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Exponential Technologies for Preventing and Reversing Genetic & Epigenetic Disasters
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The Genetically Altered Future
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