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Panel Lays Out Guidelines for CRISPR-Edited Human Embryos
Panel Lays Out Guidelines for CRISPR-Edited Human Embryos
The International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing claims the technology is still too risky for therapeutic use.
The International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing claims the technology is still too risky for therapeutic use.
regulation, genetics & genomics, ethics
US Senators Call for International Guidelines for Germline Editing
Jef Akst | Jul 16, 2019 | 2 min read
In the wake of reports of CRISPRed babies born in China, a bipartisan resolution “opposes the experiments that resulted in pregnancies using genome-edited human embryos.”
WHO Panel Calls For a Registry of Gene-Editing Research in Humans
Catherine Offord | Mar 20, 2019 | 2 min read
The advisors’ recommendations follow news of ethically dubious gene-editing work carried out by He Jiankui late last year.
More Thoughts on Humanized Animals
Jef Akst | Sep 27, 2011 | 1 min read
A German ethics council weighs in on the discussion about the use of human-animal chimeras in research.