Following the birth in 2018 of two babies from embryos altered using CRISPR-Cas9, human
germline gene editing (GGE) moved from abstract concern to reality. He Jiankui, the scientist …

With recent reports that a Chinese scientist used CRISPR-Cas9 to heritably edit the
genomes of human embryos (ie, germline editing) brought to term, discussions regarding …

abstract The late 2018 announcement of the claimed births of CRISPR-edited babies has
stimulated widespread condemnation and calls by some leading scientists for a moratorium …

Recent studies using gene editing tools such as CRISPR/Cas9 have shown an enormously
broad spectrum of possible future applications. This genetic engineering technique allows …

Towards the end of November 2018, news broke that the Chinese researcher He Jiankui
had created the world's first genome-edited babies. This came shortly before the start of the …

The current kerfuffle around the use of CRISPR/Cas9 and other gene editing technologies in
human germline research is the latest in a series of related controversies at the intersection …

The CRISPR-Cas system is a powerful tool for in vivo editing the genome of most organisms,
including man. During the years this technique has been applied in several fields, such as …

Abstract Following the Second Summit on Human Gene Editing in Hong Kong in 2018,
where the birth of two girls with germline genome editing was revealed, the need for a …

Although germline editing has been the subject of debate ever since the 1980s, it tended to
be based rather on speculative assumptions until April 2015, when CRISPR/Cas9 …

Like almost everyone, I was stunned by the birth announcement of genetically modified
twins, Lulu and Nana. A Tweet pointed me to the MIT Technology Review scoop1 that, along …