The Crispr Babies Saga Shows the Need for Action, Not More Delays
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Blog Post
Published
Dec. 20, 2018, 1:15 p.m.
...Cas9 in an attempt to create gene-edited babies. Several hours later, the scientist, Jiankiu He, confirmed...such edited babies were born in a twin live birth several weeks previously. While this claim has yet to be...public consensus on genome editing, there was a generally agreed-upon international moratorium on utilizing...with healthy mitochondria, with the intent to eradicate mitochondrial diseases.
The key success of the...issues raised around mitochondrial replacement therapies.
In other words, rather than having a meeting...bedside is, in addition to thorough ethical considerations, in making sure that the research has been ...simulations, in vitro research, animal models, and several stages of human clinical trials. This model also...