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By Marcy Darnovsky | 06.26.2025

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Since the “CRISPR babies” scandal in 2018, no additional genetically modified babies are known to have been born. Now several techno-enthusiastic billionaires are setting up privately funded companies to genetically edit human embryos, with the explicit intention of creating genetically modified children.

Heritable genome editing remains prohibited by policies in the overwhelming majority of countries that have any relevant policy, and by a binding European treaty. Support for keeping it legally off limits is widespread, including among scientists...

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When Will Genetically Modifying Our Children Go Mainstream?

By Ed Cara, Gizmodo | 06.22.2025

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In late May, several scientific organizations, including the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT), banded together to call for a 10-year moratorium on using CRISPR and related technologies to pursue human heritable germline editing. The declaration also outlined...

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Parents Can Choose Genetic Makeup of Their Children With New IVF Option

By Isabel van Brugen, Newsweek | 06.05.2025

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A U.S.-based biotech company has unveiled a new in vitro fertilization (IVF) option that allows parents to select embryos based on genetic markers tied to health and longevity.

DNA testing and analysis company Nucleus Genomics has announced the world's first...

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First Personalized CRISPR Gene Editing Therapy Patient Baby KJ Discharged

By Jonathan D. Grinstein, PhD, Inside Precision Medicine | 06.03.2025

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On Tuesday, 307 days after he was first admitted to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), KJ Muldoon went home after being successfully treated with the first personalized CRISPR gene editing therapy. KJ, who was born with a serious and...

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