Chinese scientist who created genome-edited babies jailed
Professor He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who created the world’s first genome-edited babies, has been sentenced to three years in prison for violating medical regulations...
Unintended changes to a genome, away from the desired target site, which occur as a consequence of genome editing.
Professor He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who created the world’s first genome-edited babies, has been sentenced to three years in prison for violating medical regulations...
It's just over a year since Dr He Jiankui's controversial announcement that he had created the world's first genome-edited babies...
The MIT Technology Review has released excerpts of unpublished research from Dr He Jiankui's manuscript that ignored ethical and scientific norms when creating the world's first gene-edited twins...
An improved genome editing method could potentially correct 89 percent of known genetic defects causing disease, US scientists say.
At the 2019 FORUM Annual Lecture at the Academy of Medical Sciences in London, Dr John Leonard, president and chief executive officer at Intellia Therapeutics gave an enlightening overview of the work they are doing towards clinical application of genome editing and his thoughts on the general genome editing field...
Scientists have developed a genome editing method that could one day be used to treat conditions such as progeria and Huntington’s disease...
A Russian scientist who announced his intention to create genome-edited babies last month, has now revealed details of his plan...
A Russian scientist has announced his intention to produce genome-edited babies...
An international commission has been assembled to provide guidance on the development of therapies using human germline genome editing...
by Jen Willows
Genome editing was the subject up for discussion at the Progress Educational Trust's 'Germline in the Sand' event, held at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 19 March 2019. The discussion, which was supported by the Scottish Government sought
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