Emmanuelle Charpentier Quotes

France, Scientist
December 11, 1968

Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier is a French professor and researcher in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry. Since 2015, she has been a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology.

I was a typical French student of the 1990s - I imagined that, after a short excursion, I would work the rest of my life at home.

Emmanuelle Charpentier
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Personally, I don't think it is acceptable to manipulate the human germline for the purpose of changing some genetic traits that will be transmitted over generations.

Emmanuelle Charpentier
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