The Ethics of Gene Editing Gene editing, also known as genome editing, is the process of altering the DNA of an organism. It has been a subject of intense debate in recent years, as it has the potential to revolutionize medicine, agriculture, and even human evolution. However, the ethical...
She also aims to foster innovative biomedical research in her home country. She tells Nature about her career spent between the United States and China, how her business has had to pivot, and her stance on the ethics of gene editing.
While we have achieved the technical ability to edit genomes, scientists still need to discuss and address not just the ethics of editing, but also the safety of the organism in question and the potential impact of this gene modification on the environment. Regulatory bodies, across the globe,...
A new study this week has pushed the boundaries of gene editing, demonstrating again that scientists can now successfully repair certain disease-causing mutations in human embryos. Published yesterday in the journalNature,the results garnered many headlines, with news of the move evenleaking earlylast...
Recent research with human embryos, in different parts of the world, has sparked a new debate on the ethics of genetic human enhancement. This debate, however, has mainly focused on gene-editing technologies, especially CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats). Less ...
Recent research with human embryos, in different parts of the world, has sparked a new debate on the ethics of genetic human enhancement. This debate, however, has mainly focused on gene-editing technologies, especially CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats). Less ...
Last weekin First Opinion, six experts explored the use of gene editing to fix a defective gene in a sperm or egg cell, or in an embryo that’s only a few days old. This technique, called germline editing, raises ethical questions because the edited gene would be passed to future genera...
Medical Ethics Introduction Discussion of the prospect of human genome editing has lingered for decades, but for years it appeared to be only a distant possibility. Rapid developments, including the birth of twin girls in China whose embryos were reportedly edited, have created an urgent need to ...
Editorial: Gene-editing Ethics and the Disasters of Terrorism Eubios Journal of Asian & International BioethicsMacer, Darryl
Correspondence to David Melzer. Ethics declarations Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests.Additional information Peer review information Nature Reviews Genetics thanks P. K. Joshi and the other, anonymous, reviewer(s) for their contribution to the peer review of this work. ...