Zguy28 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 The Future Of Gene Editing Is Being Decided Right Now How will CRISPR shape our future? Today, hundreds of scientists are gathered in Washington, D.C. for the international summit on genome editing. The three-day conference will discuss the ethical and appropriate use of all genome-editing technologies, but it will likely pay close attention to the newest and arguably easiest method, CRISPR-Cas9, known colloquially as just CRISPR. The technology has been at the center of scientists’ minds worldwide since April, when Chinese researchers reported that they used the tool to edit nonviable human embryos, or ones that have no chance of developing into human beings. The summit, which started early this morning, is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as the Royal Academy, and will include researchers from the United States, Great Britain, and China as well as representatives from at least 20 countries worldwide. The group plans to discuss many direct applications of the CRISPR technique, including the ability to perform genome editing both on human embryos to treat a specific disease as well as to implement gene drive, which would introduce new genes into a few organisms that would then pass that change on to future generations. Read More: http://www.popsci.com/scientists-discuss-future-gene-editing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 CRISPR-CAS9 is going to change how medicine is practiced and yes possibly (if allowed) change are ability to control the nature of our off spring. By the way, I started a thread on this back in April. http://es.redskins.com/topic/388547-should-we-edit-human-embryonic-or-germ-cell-dna/page-1#entry10200395 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Gattaca! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I look forward to my green fluorescent glowing offspring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Have we learned nothing from Star Trek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Have we learned nothing from Star Trek? clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogofWar1 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Have we learned nothing from Star Trek? It's cool. Captain Kirk can save us. We're on Earth, aka. his home turf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 It's cool. Captain Kirk can save us. We're on Earth, aka. his home turf. The only gene editing we need is more Kirk offspring. Preferably the kind that doesn't get taken out of the gene pool by Klingons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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