The National Academy of Sciences is launching an effort to guide decision making on human
gene editing technologies such as Cas9 / CRISPR
Ultimately, this week's discourse will lead to a consensus statement providing some guidance on how to approach using this and older
gene editing technologies such as zinc finger nucleases and enzymes called transcription activator - like effector nucleases, or TALENs.
Not exact matches
It's also working in Beijing on new
technology in genome
editing; unlike GMO
technology, it doesn't involve inserting a
gene from another species,
such as a bacterium, into a plant.
But the advent of
such revolutionary
technologies, as well as others
such as CRISPR - Cas9 and
gene -
editing, have raised concerns about a brave new world where «designer babies» are a possibility.
The Greens want the same strict regulation for organisms that have been
gene edited with precision
technologies such as CRISPR, as has been put in place for those modified with conventional, less precise techniques.
They hope that
such a discussion would help the public understand the difference between genome
editing in a person's somatic cells — cells other than sperm and egg cells — and
editing in cells that could pass the changes on to future generations, says Lanphier, who is president and CEO of Sangamo BioSciences in Richmond, California, a company that hopes to use
gene -
editing technology to treat patients.
New
gene -
editing technologies such as CRISPR have sped the development of new crop varieties and animals, but products based on engineered organisms sometimes face a web of complex and overlapping regulations before they can reach the market.
Varieties made with newer
gene -
editing technologies —
such as CRISPR, for example — may not contain any definitive evidence of tinkering.
April 20, 2018 -
Gene - editing technologies that alter mosquitoes» DNA could prove critical in the fight against malaria, Bill Gates said on [April 18], and ethical concerns should not block progress in such gene - modifying resea
Gene -
editing technologies that alter mosquitoes» DNA could prove critical in the fight against malaria, Bill Gates said on [April 18], and ethical concerns should not block progress in
such gene - modifying resea
gene - modifying research.
One form of
gene therapy involves the direct repair of a defective
gene, using genome -
editing technology such as CRISPR - Cas9.
More and more scientists are using the powerful new
gene -
editing tool known as CRISPR / Cas9, a
technology isolated from bacteria, that holds promise for new treatment of
such genetic diseases as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy...
The
technologies include biomimicry (production of materials by imitating nature —
such as solar panels in the pattern of a leaf),
gene editing and genomics, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, the internet of things (where embedded software enables cars, buildings and other inanimate objects to communicate), and 3D printing.