Facing Backlash, Chinese Scientist Defends Gene-Editing Research On Babies
6 years, 4 months ago

Facing Backlash, Chinese Scientist Defends Gene-Editing Research On Babies

NPR  

Facing Backlash, Chinese Scientist Defends Gene-Editing Research On Babies Enlarge this image toggle caption Kin Cheung/AP Kin Cheung/AP Updated at 6:15 a.m. Enlarge this image toggle caption Kin Cheung/AP Kin Cheung/AP She spoke after Harvard Medical School Dean George Daley alluded to He's claims as "missteps" that he worried might set back a highly promising field of research. "Just because the first steps into a new technology are missteps doesn't mean we shouldn't step back, restart and think about a plausible and responsible path forward," Daley said. Sponsor Message In a statement posted Tuesday morning, China's National Health Commission said it had "immediately requested the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission to seriously investigate and verify" He's claims.

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The controversial scientist He Jiankui hasn’t given up on gene-edited babies
1 month ago

The controversial scientist He Jiankui hasn’t given up on gene-edited babies

The Economist  

T he world was shocked in 2018 when He Jiankui, a Chinese biophysicist, announced that he had helped to produce two girls whose genetic code he had edited when they had been embryos. Scientists around the world condemned the work as wildly premature and possibly dangerous—the Chinese authorities agreed and Dr He was imprisoned for three years. And he still …

Putting the gene editing tool to use
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Putting the gene editing tool to use

The Hindu  

When you edit a letter or a document, you make specific changes in the words and phrases to make the meaning clearer. Gene editing involves changing the sequence of DNA using specific enzymes which can cut DNA at a precise location, thus permitting the removal, addition, or replacement of genetic information within a gene. He then went ahead, obtained a …

Ethical guideline issued for genome editing
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ethical guideline issued for genome editing

China Daily  

China has issued a set of ethical rules on human genome editing, reiterating a strict ban on altering germ cells and embryos and clarifying standard ethical practices for gene editing research. "At present, any clinical research involving germline genome editing is irresponsible and not permitted," it said. Regarding clinical research involving genome editing of somatic cells — which are cells …

Guideline sets ethical rules for human genome editing research
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Guideline sets ethical rules for human genome editing research

China Daily  

China on Wednesday released a guideline that lays out a set of ethical rules for human genome editing research. Regarding clinical research involving genome editing of somatic cells — which are cells in the body other than sperm and egg cells, it said that such research should be aimed at preventing or treating diseases and should be carried out after …

Gene therapy trials treat inherited blindness and deafness
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Gene therapy trials treat inherited blindness and deafness

Hindustan Times  

Scientists have restored vision and hearing in people born with congenital blindness or deafness in two separate gene therapy trials A new CRISPR gene editing called EDIT-101 has successfully restored vision in some patients with congenital blindness A British toddler born deaf has become the first person to have their hearing restored via gene therapy. CRISPR gene therapy restores vision …

Disgraced Chinese scientist He Jiankui who was jailed in 2019 for genetically editing human babies is back in the lab - and claims he's 'proud' of his past work
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Disgraced Chinese scientist He Jiankui who was jailed in 2019 for genetically editing human babies is back in the lab - and claims he's 'proud' of his past work

Daily Mail  

A disgraced Chinese scientist who was jailed for genetically editing human babies reveals he has returned to genetic research. He Jiankui has announced he has returned to the lab after being jailed for genetically editing human babies Dr He says that he intends to develop gene editing techniques for the treatment of rare diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and …

Jennifer Doudna Believes Crispr Is for Everyone
55 years, 2 months ago

Jennifer Doudna Believes Crispr Is for Everyone

Wired  

It’s been a monumental year for Crispr, the molecular tool scientists use to edit genetic material. This November, the United Kingdom authorized the first medical treatment using Crispr gene editing, giving people with sickle cell disease new opportunities to receive a one-time therapy to prevent episodes of terrible pain. “It’s expensive,” Jennifer Doudna, the pioneering biochemist who won a Nobel …

Researchers link death in gene-editing study to a virus used to deliver the treatment, not CRISPR
1 year, 9 months ago

Researchers link death in gene-editing study to a virus used to deliver the treatment, not CRISPR

Associated Press  

The lone volunteer in a gene-editing study targeting a rare form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy likely died after having a reaction to the virus that delivered the therapy in his body, researchers concluded in an early study. But researchers said the virus — one used to carry treatment into the body because it doesn’t usually make people sick — combined …

Researchers link death in gene-editing study to a virus used to deliver the treatment, not CRISPR
1 year, 9 months ago

Researchers link death in gene-editing study to a virus used to deliver the treatment, not CRISPR

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The lone volunteer in a …

For man behind gene-edited babies, a rocky return to science
2 years, 1 month ago

For man behind gene-edited babies, a rocky return to science

Associated Press  

Five years ago, scientist He Jiankui shocked his peers and the world with claims that he created the first genetically edited babies. Given He’s ambition,“I wouldn’t be surprised that a few years down the line if the opportunity arises, that he would go back” to that sort of work, said Dr. Samira Kiani, a genetic engineer and researcher at the …

Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies
2 years, 3 months ago

Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies

Salon  

In the four years since an experiment by disgraced scientist He Jiankui resulted in the birth of the first babies with edited genes, numerous articles, books and international commissions have reflected on whether and how heritable genome editing – that is, modifying genes that will be passed on to the next generation – should proceed. Creation of the 'CRISPR babies' …

CRISPR gene editing can cause unwanted changes in human embryos, study finds
4 years, 4 months ago

CRISPR gene editing can cause unwanted changes in human embryos, study finds

Firstpost  

Instead of addressing genetic mutations, the CRISPR-Cas9 technology appeared to wreak genetic havoc in about half the specimens that the researchers examined A powerful gene-editing tool called CRISPR-Cas9, which this month nabbed the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for two female scientists, can cause serious side effects in the cells of human embryos, prompting them to discard large chunks of their …

Lab tests show risks of using CRISPR gene editing on embryos
4 years, 4 months ago

Lab tests show risks of using CRISPR gene editing on embryos

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A lab experiment aimed at …

Lab tests show risks of using CRISPR gene editing on embryos
4 years, 4 months ago

Lab tests show risks of using CRISPR gene editing on embryos

Associated Press  

A lab experiment aimed at fixing defective DNA in human embryos shows what can go wrong with this type of gene editing and why leading scientists say it’s too unsafe to try. “If our results had been known two years ago, I doubt that anyone would have gone ahead” and tried it on embryos intended for pregnancy, said biologist Dieter …

Crispr: What is genome editing? All you need to know about Nobel-winning controversial technology
4 years, 5 months ago

Crispr: What is genome editing? All you need to know about Nobel-winning controversial technology

India Today  

Two women -- Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna -- were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry by the Nobel Committee on Wednesday. The duo received the Nobel Prize in chemistry award for developing a method of genome editing, or gene editing, likened to "molecular scissors" that offers the promise of one day curing inherited diseases and even cancer. A …

Too Soon to Give Green Signal to Techniques of Genome Editing for Human Embryo, Say Scientists
4 years, 6 months ago

Too Soon to Give Green Signal to Techniques of Genome Editing for Human Embryo, Say Scientists

News 18  

Techniques to genetically-edit human embryos should not be used until they are proved to be reliable and safe, an international commission said Thursday, in the wake of a scandal over gene-modified babies in China two years ago. Experts from the commission of the US National Academy of Medicine, US National Academy of Sciences, and Britain’s Royal Society said heritable genome …

Still too soon to try altering human embryo DNA, panel says
4 years, 6 months ago

Still too soon to try altering human embryo DNA, panel says

Associated Press  

It’s still too soon to try to make genetically edited babies because the science isn’t advanced enough to ensure safety, says an international panel of experts who also mapped a pathway for any countries that want to consider it. If drugs or gene therapy after birth can treat a disease, “then it doesn’t make sense to me to layer the …

It’s still too soon to try altering the DNA of human embryos, scientific panel says
4 years, 6 months ago

It’s still too soon to try altering the DNA of human embryos, scientific panel says

LA Times  

It’s still too soon to try to genetically edited human embryos because the science isn’t advanced enough to ensure safety, according to a report by an international panel of experts who also mapped a pathway for any countries that want to consider it. Thursday’s report comes nearly two years after a Chinese scientist shocked the world by revealing he’d helped …

Scientists claim to have uses CRISPR for the first time to treat a patient who was blind
5 years ago

Scientists claim to have uses CRISPR for the first time to treat a patient who was blind

Firstpost  

They said that it will take up to a month to see if this surgery worked and has restored the patient’s vision. Scientists say they have used the gene-editing tool CRISPR inside someone’s body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to treat diseases. “We think it could open …

World's first genetically altered babies born in China, scientist claims
5 years, 2 months ago

World's first genetically altered babies born in China, scientist claims

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Gene editing itself is experimental and is still associated …

Scientist who edited babies’ genes sentenced to prison
5 years, 2 months ago

Scientist who edited babies’ genes sentenced to prison

Live Mint  

The Chinese scientist who created the world’s first genetically altered babies has been sentenced to three years in prison and a lifelong ban from working in reproductive technology, state media reported on Monday. He Jiankui, a Shenzhen researcher who drew widespread condemnation when he revealed his experiment last year, will also have to pay a 3 million yuan fine, said …

Chinese court sentences 'gene-editing' scientist to three years in prison
5 years, 2 months ago

Chinese court sentences 'gene-editing' scientist to three years in prison

The Hindu  

A Chinese court sentenced the scientist who created the world's first “gene-edited” babies to three years in prison on December 30, according to the official Xinhua media. The editing process, which he calls gene surgery, “worked safely as intended” and the girls are “as healthy as any other babies”, he said in one video. He did not provide any written …

Never-seen-before extracts from 'outrageous' research of disgraced scientist He Jiankui
5 years, 3 months ago

Never-seen-before extracts from 'outrageous' research of disgraced scientist He Jiankui

Daily Mail  

He Jiankui, the disgraced scientist who was internationally condemned for gene-editing twin girls, may have put the health of the children at risk by adding unintended mutations into their genetic code. Dr Vassena adds: 'The idea that editing-derived embryos may one day be able to 'control the HIV epidemic,' as the authors claim, is preposterous. 'It's almost like not editing …

CRISPR Approach To Fighting Cancer Called 'Promising' In 1st Safety Test
5 years, 4 months ago

CRISPR Approach To Fighting Cancer Called 'Promising' In 1st Safety Test

NPR  

CRISPR Approach To Fighting Cancer Called 'Promising' In 1st Safety Test Enlarge this image toggle caption Jure Gasparic/EyeEm/Getty Images Jure Gasparic/EyeEm/Getty Images The powerful gene-editing technique known as CRISPR has raised a lot of hope in recent years for its potential to offer new ways to treat many diseases, including cancer. On Wednesday, researchers revealed data from the first study …

Scientists Create New, More Powerful Technique To Edit Genes
5 years, 5 months ago

Scientists Create New, More Powerful Technique To Edit Genes

NPR  

Scientists Create New, More Powerful Technique To Edit Genes Scientists have created a new way to edit DNA that appears to make it even easier to precisely and safely re-write genes. "It's proven difficult to use these molecular scissors to make precise DNA changes in most cell types," says David Liu, a biologist at Harvard, MIT and the Broad Institute …

Why Vladimir Putin could allow development of 'designer babies'
5 years, 5 months ago

Why Vladimir Putin could allow development of 'designer babies'

Daily Mail  

A Russian scientist who wants to use controversial gene-editing to give a deaf couple a hearing baby is seeking support from Vladimir Putin's daughter. Denis Rebrikov revealed in the summer he wants to use the DNA editing technique called Crispr, to help the couple who want to prevent their planned child from inheriting their condition. Denis Rebrikov revealed in the …

CRISPR Gene Editing May Offer Path To Cure For HIV, First Published Report Shows
5 years, 6 months ago

CRISPR Gene Editing May Offer Path To Cure For HIV, First Published Report Shows

NPR  

CRISPR Gene Editing May Offer Path To Cure For HIV, First Published Report Shows Enlarge this image MOLEKUUL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images/Science Photo Libra MOLEKUUL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images/Science Photo Libra There's been a lot of excitement lately that the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR could offer a new way to treat health problems ranging from cancer to blindness. Chinese scientists have published …

Scientists Attempt Controversial Experiment To Edit DNA In Human Sperm Using CRISPR
5 years, 7 months ago

Scientists Attempt Controversial Experiment To Edit DNA In Human Sperm Using CRISPR

NPR  

Scientists Attempt Controversial Experiment To Edit DNA In Human Sperm Using CRISPR Enlarge this image toggle caption Elias Williams for NPR Elias Williams for NPR First it was human embryos. "It doesn't matter whether you're manipulating the embryo or you're manipulating the sperm," says Françoise Baylis, a bioethicist at Dalhousie University in Canada, who is advising the World Health Organization …

The World Health Organization Says No More Gene-Edited Babies
55 years, 2 months ago

The World Health Organization Says No More Gene-Edited Babies

Wired  

The world’s largest public health authority has weighed in with the most authoritative statement yet on the use of Crispr to alter the DNA of human babies. Eight months after a rogue Chinese scientist revealed he had secretly created the world’s first gene-edited children, the World Health Organization is asking countries to put a stop to any experiments that would …

Controversial gene-edited Chinese twins at greater risk of death in later life
5 years, 9 months ago

Controversial gene-edited Chinese twins at greater risk of death in later life

Daily Mail  

The genetic mutation introduced into two babies by a Chinese scientist in 2018 may be associated with a 21 per cent higher chance of early death in later life. As the CCR5 gene codes for a protein involved in many body functions, researchers say that there could be many different possible reasons for the risk of early death. Scroll down …

2 Chinese Babies With Edited Genes May Face Higher Risk Of Premature Death
5 years, 9 months ago

2 Chinese Babies With Edited Genes May Face Higher Risk Of Premature Death

NPR  

2 Chinese Babies With Edited Genes May Face Higher Risk Of Premature Death Enlarge this image toggle caption Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg/Getty Images Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg/Getty Images There are new concerns about the world's first genetically modified babies. "I think we should always be concerned about unanticipated consequences of any new technology, not just gene-editing and embryos," says George Church, a professor of …

Why is China laying down gene editing rules?
5 years, 9 months ago

Why is China laying down gene editing rules?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In a bid to make babies immune to infection by the human immunodeficiency virus, He Jiankui, a researcher from the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China, used a clinically untested gene editing tool to modify a particular gene. The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool thus has two components — a short RNA sequence that …

Scientists asked disgraced Chinese scientist He Jiankui for help gene-editing human embryos
5 years, 9 months ago

Scientists asked disgraced Chinese scientist He Jiankui for help gene-editing human embryos

Daily Mail  

A fertility clinic in Dubai asked disgraced scientist He Jiankui for help in controversial experiments modifying the genes of human embryos. Jennifer Doudna, a University of California, Berkeley, co-inventor of the CRISPR gene-editing tool that He Jiankui used, said that she has heard of others who want to edit embryos William Hurlbut of Stanford University speaks to reporters during the …

CRISPR will bring huge shifts to agriculture, food sectors in next 5 years says founder
5 years, 11 months ago

CRISPR will bring huge shifts to agriculture, food sectors in next 5 years says founder

Firstpost  

Gene editing technology CRISPR has found itself in the news a whole lot since it was first invented and used in living systems in 2012 and 2013, respectively. “In the next five years, the most profound thing we’ll see in terms of CRISPR’s effects on everyday lives will be in the agricultural sector,” she told Business Insider. Memphis Meats, a …

China draws up tighter rules on human gene and embryo trials
5 years, 11 months ago

China draws up tighter rules on human gene and embryo trials

The Hindu  

China’s top legislature will consider tougher rules on research involving human genes and embryos, the first such move since a Chinese scientist sparked controversy last year by announcing he had made the world’s first “gene-edited” babies. Under the draft laws sent to China’s legislature for review on Saturday, medical and human trials would face closer scrutiny and stricter requirements, such …

CRISPR used to treat two human cancer patients for the first time in UPenn study
5 years, 11 months ago

CRISPR used to treat two human cancer patients for the first time in UPenn study

Firstpost  

Gene-editing technology CRISPR is finally moving out laboratories and into clinical settings around the world. Three years after have passed since the National Institute of Health gave a research team at the University of Pennsylvania the green-light to begin trials for gene-editing technology CRISPR in humans. Researchers at UPenn have used CRISPR to treat two cancer patients so far, the …

First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway
5 years, 11 months ago

First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway

NPR  

Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway Enlarge this image toggle caption Molekuul/Getty Images/Science Photo Library Molekuul/Getty Images/Science Photo Library The powerful gene-editing technique called CRISPR has been in the news a lot. Sponsor Message Research News Scientists Plan To Start Human Trials Testing CRISPR Soon Scientists Plan To Start Human Trials Testing CRISPR Soon 4:30 One …

Chinese scientists defend implanting human gene into monkeys’ brains
5 years, 11 months ago

Chinese scientists defend implanting human gene into monkeys’ brains

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — A Chinese researcher who sparked improved cognitive function in monkeys by implanting human genes into their brains has defended his experiment, which has divided the scientific community. In Su’s 2019 study, 11 rhesus monkeys were successfully implanted with copies of the human MCPH1 gene, an important marker for “brain development and brain evolution.” Analysis of the …

CRISPR gene editing used to treat patient with beta thalassemia blood disorder
6 years ago

CRISPR gene editing used to treat patient with beta thalassemia blood disorder

Firstpost  

There’s technically a chance that the patient may be fully-cured of thalassemia after the treatment. A health care startup in Switzerland has just used gene editing technology CRISPR to treat a person with a genetic blood disorder called beta thalassemia. Doctors in China, however, have already beaten the rest of the world to the chase, having used gene editing to …

Another scientist is editing genes in human embryos, but ethically this time
6 years, 1 month ago

Another scientist is editing genes in human embryos, but ethically this time

Firstpost  

So far, the Columbia University scientist has allowed modified embryos to live no longer than one day. While the Columbia University scientist, Dr Dieter Egli, isn’t creating any genetically-modified babies or implanting these gene-edited embryos into mothers, he admits that the ultimate goal of his future research is probably just that. Egli is a developmental biologist currently working on genetically-modified …

Chinese scientist behind gene-edited baby study gets fired for illegal actions
6 years, 2 months ago

Chinese scientist behind gene-edited baby study gets fired for illegal actions

Firstpost  

Experts expressed their hope that the report was just the beginning, & more action would be taken. A Chinese scientist who created what he said were the world’s first “gene-edited” babies evaded oversight and broke ethical boundaries in a quest for fame and fortune, state media said on Monday, as his former university said he had been fired. He had …

Gene-edited babies were illegal, say Chinese authorities
6 years, 2 months ago

Gene-edited babies were illegal, say Chinese authorities

CNN  

CNN — Authorities in China say experiments which led to the birth of the world’s first gene-edited babies broke the country’s laws, state-run Xinhua news reported Monday. On Monday, investigators from Guangdong Province Health Commission said that “the case has been initially identified as an explicitly state-banned human embryo-editing activity for reproductive purposes conducted by He Jiankui,” Xinhua reported. The …

Gene-edited babies: Chinese scientist was told ‘not to proceed’
6 years, 2 months ago

Gene-edited babies: Chinese scientist was told ‘not to proceed’

CNN  

CNN — As 2018 drew to a close, one scientist unveiled research that entered a new era of science. Everyone he talked to – which was not many people – had said “don’t go there,” “don’t do it,” explained Robin Lovell-Badge of the UK research facility the Francis Crick Institute, who organized the scientific summit in Hong Kong during which …

Scientists in China are losing touch with patients of gene editing trials: Report
6 years, 2 months ago

Scientists in China are losing touch with patients of gene editing trials: Report

Firstpost  

China has asked hospitals, universities to submit reports on all gene-editing trials since 2013. The technology that powered this boost, a tool called CRISPR-Cas 9 to edit DNA inside living cells, has come under fire from a recent controversy from one such researcher, He Jiankui, whose study led to the birth of twin girls “Lulu and Nana”, who Jiankui claims …

Most Americans support the use of gene editing technology to protect babies: Poll
6 years, 2 months ago

Most Americans support the use of gene editing technology to protect babies: Poll

Firstpost  

90% fear the technology will be used unethically, with 52% saying it was a very likely possibility. Jaron Keener, a 31-year-old exhibit designer at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Natural History, said he’s opposed to “rich people being able to create designer babies.” But like the majority of Americans, Keener would support gene editing in embryos to prevent incurable diseases. The …

Chinese scientists who edited human genes have lost touch with the patients whose DNA they tweaked
6 years, 2 months ago

Chinese scientists who edited human genes have lost touch with the patients whose DNA they tweaked

Daily Mail  

Chinese scientists who edited human genes have lost touch with the patients they treated, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. The scientific community is concerned about ethics and unintended consequences just weeks after another Chinese scientist claimed he modified the DNA of twin girls to make them resistant to AIDS - and that he is working on another …

Crispr Babies, IVF, and the Ethics of Genetic Class Warfare
6 years, 3 months ago

Crispr Babies, IVF, and the Ethics of Genetic Class Warfare

Wired  

Last month, Chinese national He Jiankui flouted a vigorous scientific debate when he told a room full of scientists that he had manipulated the embryos of Chinese twins, using Crispr, and made one resistant to their father’s HIV. In The Washington Post, Eileen Hunt Botting wrote that He’s experiment had “no moral or scientific justification, given that the medical profession …

Experts urge oversight of experiments
6 years, 3 months ago

Experts urge oversight of experiments

China Daily  

Genetics research, conceptual artwork. CHINA DAILY Scientists, researchers say gene editing project was unnecessary, irresponsible The world urgently needs better international oversight of genome editing in human embryos, and to clarify the boundaries for related research, according to an editorial published in the journal Science on Friday. "To maintain the public's trust that someday genome editing will be able to …

Experts urge oversight of experiments
6 years, 3 months ago

Experts urge oversight of experiments

China Daily  

Genetics research, conceptual artwork. CHINA DAILY Scientists, researchers say gene editing project was unnecessary, irresponsible The world urgently needs better international oversight of genome editing in human embryos, and to clarify the boundaries for related research, according to an editorial published in the journal Science on Friday. "To maintain the public's trust that someday genome editing will be able to …

Screening the human future: YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered children
6 years, 3 months ago

Screening the human future: YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered children

Salon  

On Sunday, Nov. 25, the scientist He Jiankui claimed the birth of the world’s first genetically engineered children: twins, created by IVF, their DNA altered at fertilization. Instead of “CRISPR-Cas9,” the common name, he insists on the phrase “gene surgery.” It’s a naked attempt to make CRISPR sound precise, like a molecular scalpel. CRISPR is improving in accuracy, but as …

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