Tag Archives: Teresa Blankmeyer Burke

Russia’s CRISPR “deaf babies”: the next genome editing frontier?

July 9, 2019 · by · in Assisted Reproduction, Clinical Ethics, Disability, Law & Policy, Public Health, Science and Technology

Jackie Leach Scully and Teresa Blankmeyer Burke worry about the ableist and audist assumptions hidden in this venture.

Gene Therapy: A Threat to the Deaf Community?

March 2, 2017 · by · in Disability, Health Research, Science and Technology

Teresa Blankmeyer Burke considers the problematic nature of gene therapy research aimed at eliminating hereditary deafness.