If the experiment goes ahead, it would indeed be the world's first human trial of GM wheat, Lee says. (sciencemag.org)
Pride compels me to note that a little - known California law, the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999, formerly Assemby Bill 750, was the source of the initial funding for Dr. Hans Keirstead's great work, soon to become the world's first human trials for an embryonic stem cell therapy. (the-scientist.com)
The first UK license for CRISPR / Cas9 use in editing genes in human embryos was granted in 2016, xvii and CRISPR - edited cells to treat lung cancer were administered in the world's first human trials for the technique by a Chinese group in late 2016. (immunology.org)