Europe is resolutely on its way to reaffirming a 20-year-old policy banning all inheritable
interventions involving the human genome. This approach, which was well justified two …

According to Sykora and Caplan, the CRISPR/Cas9 genome “editing” system is more
efficient and precise than previous technologies for making intentional modifications to the …

Since the creation of the first transgenic animals four decades ago, a wide ethical consensus
has been reached that in contrast to a somatic gene therapy, germline gene interventions in …

With the arrival of new methods of genome editing, especially CRISPR/Cas 9, new
perspectives on germline interventions have arisen. Supporters of germ line genome editing …

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 …

Technological developments in gene editing raise high expectations for clinical applications,
including editing of the germline. The European Society of Human Reproduction and …

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 …

Gene editing, which allows for specific location (s) in the genome to be targeted and altered
by deleting, adding or substituting nucleotides, is currently the subject of important academic …

The advent of the CRISPR/Cas9 class of genome editing tools is transforming not just
science and medicine, but also law. When the genome of germline cells is modified, the …

Human germline genetic modification has long been a controversial topic. Until recently it
remained largely a hypothetical debate: whether one accepted or opposed the idea in …