“Dystopian Super Race.” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” used symbolism to explain human nature. It embodied the role of playing God, which can be compared to the technology used today with gene editing. The biggest debate is if it is ethical and where it should stop. Three scientists known for making gene-editing clinical trials possible are, Luhan Yang, the inventor of CRISPR-Cas9, the technique for editing, Jennifer Doudna, a microbiologist, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, a microbiologist with a focus on Infection Biology. Each three will be profiled and contrasted to show that editing is not like Aylmer’s need for perfection and will not produce “designer
