Browsing Library Staff Publications by Author "Krautwirth, Rina"

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    • Editing Nature’s Code: CRISPR Gene Editing and Jewish Ethics By: Rina Krautwirth 

      Krautwirth, Rina (Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2023)
      Before embarking on a discussion of the ethics of CRISPR, we will clarify how the process works on a technical level. CRISPR [1] technology has been called a “molecular scissors” for its ability to locate a specific DNA ...

    • Genetic determinism and free will 

      Krautwirth, Rina (Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2019)
      Behavioral genetics, a concept that dates back to ancient times, but emerged as a distinct scientific discipline in the 1960s, examines the extent to which a particular gene or set of genes determines a person’s behavior ...

    • Protecting against the unseen: Chazal’s approach to chemical and biological hazards 

      Krautwirth, Rina (Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2022)
      In terms of the outside environments that surrounded the Talmud, the Sassanian empire surrounded the Rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud, whereas the Greco-Roman tradition surrounded those of the Yerushalmi. Regarding the ...