The Crispr Babies Saga Shows the Need for Action, Not More Delays
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...report. A scientist working in China was using CRISPR/Cas9 in an attempt to create gene-edited babies. Several...valid critiques being offered of He’s work:
CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing is not far enough along, scientifically...research published on December 13 shows us, CRISPR/Cas9 techniques are continually being refined; it is ...an embryo—even if it’s not necessarily via CRISPR/Cas9.
This leaves us with the second critique. Absent...agreed-upon international moratorium on utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 in humans. This topic was to be revisited at meetings...emerging technology.
We could do this for CRISPR/Cas9 – or any other germline editing technique—too.
As...not “what is the translational pathway for CRISPR/Cas9 research” but whether or not we will stop shuffling...