

Should Scientists Toy With the Secret to Life?January 29, 2019 |
The gene-editing technology Crispr has the power to remake life as we know it. Questions about how to use it concern everyone
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Should Scientists Toy With the Secret to Life?January 29, 2019 |
The gene-editing technology Crispr has the power to remake life as we know it. Questions about how to use it concern everyone
Quick ReadLess than two years after producing an exhaustive report on human genome editing, the NASEM are planning an international commission on the most controversial use of that technology — creating “CRISPR babies,” medicine academy president Dr. Victor Dzau announced on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Quick ReadHe Jiankui deliberately sidestepped regulations, dodged oversight, and used fake ethical review documents in hopes of gaining “personal fame” for a worldwide first, according to preliminary results from a Chinese governmental investigation reported today
Quick ReadDespite the appearance of agreement, scientists are not of the same mind about the ethics and governance of human germline editing. A careful review of public comments and published commentaries in top-tier science journals reveals marked differences in perspective
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The Future of Gene Editing — Toward Scientific and Social ConsensusJanuary 17, 2019 |
On the day after Thanksgiving 2018, Jennifer Doudna, whose research on bacterial immune systems led to the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR, received a startling email from the Chinese scientist He Jiankui. “Babies born,” read the subject line. (with comments from our Jeffrey Kahn)
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‘CRISPR Babies’ Scientist, ‘I’m Actually Doing Quite Well’January 10, 2019 |
The Chinese scientist who shocked the world by announcing that twin girls had been born from embryos that he had created using genome editing has told two colleagues that, contrary to a flurry of reports that he is under house arrest and possibly even facing the death penalty, he is “actually doing quite well here.”
Quick ReadWhen He Jiankui went missing back in early December, we suspected big trouble ahead for the rogue scientist, but as Sarah Knapton reports in the Telegraph, his predicament is even worse than we thought
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The Ethics of Genetically Editing BabiesDecember 19, 2018 |
A scientist in China claimed to have created the world’s first gene-edited human beings. How should the US respond? Listen now
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