

Nobel Prize Winner Argues Banning CRISPR Won’t WorkApril 3, 2019 |
A registry could keep human gene editing aboveboard, David Baltimore says
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Nobel Prize Winner Argues Banning CRISPR Won’t WorkApril 3, 2019 |
A registry could keep human gene editing aboveboard, David Baltimore says
Quick ReadThe international committee of 18 researchers and bioethicists, which met in Geneva, Switzerland, over the past 2 days, also agreed with the widespread consensus that it would be “irresponsible at this time for anyone to proceed with clinical applications of human germline genome editing.”
Quick ReadTens of millions of dollars have been spent in a legal fight between two US scientific powerhouses, but a recent ruling by the US Patent Office could signal its end
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Why Were Scientists Silent Over Gene-Edited Babies?February 26, 2019 |
To be successful as researchers, we must be able to think through the impacts of our work on society and speak up when necessary, says Natalie Kofler
Quick ReadThree government institutions in China, including the nation’s science ministry, may have funded the “CRISPR babies” study that led to the birth last November of two genetically modified twin girls, according to documents reviewed by STAT
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Should CRISPR Be Used to Edit Human Genes to Treat Genetic Diseases?February 13, 2019 |
Experts, including our Jeffrey Kahn, weigh in on gene-editing technology
Quick ReadIn last year’s action film “Rampage,” which featured Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, CRISPR gene-editing technology turns a gorilla, a wolf, and a crocodile into monsters the size of skyscrapers that destroy Chicago.
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Real progress is being made using CRISPR and related gene-editing techniques to alter cells taken from people with diseases such as sickle cell and genetic forms of blindness. These approaches are likely to offer safer and more reliable ways of making changes to a person at the genetic level. What makes these uses much less ethically challenging [than germline editing] is that they only affect the person being treated; the genetic modifications can’t be passed on to future generations.