World Health Organization panel weighs in on CRISPR-babies debate
Embryo editing: The ethics of CRISPR
A new genetic engineering technology called CRISPR/Cas9 has opened the door to unprecedented tinkering with the human genome. Nature takes a look at the scientific possibilities and the ethical dilemmas they raise.
- Eric Lander, Françoise Baylis, Feng Zhang, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Paul Berg and specialists from seven countries call for an international governance framework.
Adopt a moratorium on heritable genome editing
nature.com - Eric S. Lander, Françoise Baylis, Feng Zhang, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Paul Berg, Catherine Bourgain, Bärbel Friedrich, J. Keith Joung, Jinsong Li, David Liu, Luigi Naldini, Jing-Bao Nie, Renzong Qiu, Bettina Schoene-Seifert, Feng Shao, Sharon Terry, Wensheng Wei & Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker - As concerns surge after a bombshell revelation, here are four questions about this fast-moving field.
- To be successful as researchers, we must be able to think through the impacts of our work on society and speak up when necessary, says Natalie Kofler.
- The scientific community’s response to the CRISPR twins should not pre-empt broader discussion across society, warns J. Benjamin Hurlbut.
