Chinese Researcher Claims to Have Genetically Edited Babies

On CGTN America, Marcy Darnovsky, PhD, the executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society, discusses the ethics of human genetic modification.

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Rigorous Pathway or Runaway Train?

By Katie Hasson | 08.15.2019

Biopolitical Times

August 14, 2019, marked the first meeting of another committee on heritable genome editing that is composed mostly of scientists: the International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing, a joint effort of the US National Academies of Science (NAS) and Medicine (NAM) and the UK Royal Society. The commission is tasked with developing “a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germline genome editing, should society conclude such applications are acceptable.” It...

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Scientists Can’t Be Trusted on Gene Editing

By Pete Shanks, The Progressive | 08.14.2019

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In mid-July, a bipartisan trio of U.S. Senators—Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California and Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Republican Marco Rubio of Florida—introduced a resolution calling for the creation of an international commission to set ethical standards for...

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For Rules on Creating ‘CRISPR babies’ from Edited Embryos, Scientists Call a Do-over

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 08.12.2019

Aggregated News

The second-most shocking thing He Jiankui told the international genome editing summit in Hong Kong last November — right after announcing that twin girls had been born from embryos whose DNA he’d changed with CRISPR — was that he’d followed...

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Bipartisan Resolution Urges Creation of International Gene-Editing Standards

By Samara Rosenfeld, Inside Digital Health [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 07.19.2019

Aggregated News

It’s no secret that gene editing has sparked ethical concerns. In March, scientists and ethicists from seven countries issued a strict global moratorium on heritable genome editing in sperm, eggs and embryos. And this week, Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Marco...

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Chinese Researcher Claims to Have Genetically Edited Babies

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