A type of genetic engineering called genome editing is receiving worldwide attention as a technique that can produce amazing progress in medicine and improvement of agricultural products. But the ...

A multidisciplinary committee of experts studied the scientific underpinnings of human gene-editing technologies, their potential use in biomedical research and medicine -- including human germline ...

A version of this Priestley Medal address will be presented at the American Chemical Society Spring 2026 meeting ...

This will be a conference call of the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germline genome editing ( ...

Interest is rising in genome editing as the next generation of the technology begins to make a serious impact. Scientists have been able to edit DNA strands for a while now, replacing sections of code ...

In November 2018, prior to the 2nd International Summit on Human Genome Editing, Mr. He, who was an associate professor at Southern University of Science and Technology at the time, used CRISPR-Cas9 ...

遺伝子工学が発達したことで、人間は生命の根幹をなす遺伝子を自由に操れる手段を手中に収めました。とりわけ、これまで人間の遺伝子を直接操作することは避けられてきたのですが、2015年4月にはついにそのタブーを破る論文が公表され、世界的な物議 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - It would be irresponsible for any scientist to conduct human gene-editing studies in people, and a central registry of research plans should be set up to ensure transparency, World ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced he had edited the genomes of human embryos. The births ...

With their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not trained or incentivized to think through the societal implications of the technologies they are developing. Even in ...

Geneva, July 12 (IANS) While human genome editing technology has opened the doors for treating rare diseases, there are also risks associated with it. To establish human genome editing as a tool for ...