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Live Blogging #GeneEditSummit Day 2 Post #1: Governance of human gene editing

December 2, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Now we have an interesting panel starting on questions of governance on human gene editing. This will focus on institutional and national levels of governance. Pilar N. Ossorio, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Morgridge Institute for Research, is introducing the panel. Key question: how should emerging technologies being governed? Jonathan Kimmelman, from McGill, was the first …

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Poll #GeneEditSummit: a moratorium on human genetic modification?

December 2, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Note that this poll is focused on germline, heritable genetic modification. Thus, it does not include somatic cell/gene therapy applications.

Human Gene Editing takeaways from day 1 of #GeneEditSummit

December 2, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

The Summit on Human Gene Editing got off to a great start yesterday. I have four posts summarizing all the talks and my impressions on the points made (here, here, here, and here). What was the overall gestalt including from talking to people informally? What were the big takeaway messages so far from Day 1? Diverse views. …

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Live Blogging #GeneEditSummit Day 1 Post #4: Societal Implications of human gene editing

December 1, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

This is post #4 of my live blogging of the #GeneEditSummit today. It is focused on societal implications so I’m really looking forward to it. You can read posts 1-3, here, here, and here summarizing the talks and key points from the meeting so far. Annelien L. Bredenoord, University Medical Center Utrecht, chaired the session. John Harris, …

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Live Blogging #GeneEditSummit Day 1 Post #3: human germline modification

December 1, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

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The post-lunch session is “Applications of Gene Editing Technology: Human Germline Modification”. Prior to hearing it I’m curious how cautious or gung-ho the speakers will be, or if their gestalt will be one of balance in the middle somewhere. Robin Lovell-Badge, The Francis Crick Institute, was the moderator of this session. He said, “We’d be …

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Live Blogging #GeneEditSummit Day 1 Post #2: State of the Science, #CRISPR

December 1, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

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Now we hear from the scientists on the front lines of CRISPR, covered in this post #2 of the Human Gene Editing Meeting. You can read Post #1 here. Jennifer Doudna starts off the big human gene editing science session on the current state of the human gene editing science and CRISPR. She gave an …

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Live Blog #GeneEditSummit Day 1 Post 1: Context & Science

December 1, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

This is blog post #1 from Day 1 of the National Academy of Sciences meeting on Human Gene editing. Some of the post may be written on the fly given the quick timeline of the meeting. Updates will sometimes be added to existing posts. See the subsequent three posts on the rest of the day here, …

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Stem Cell News Briefs: NYSCF, Sleep & Transplants, NFL legends, & More

November 29, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

What’s been up the past week in terms of news in the stem cell world? The Wall Street Journal reports that the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) has signed a 20-year lease on a much larger space, in fact twice the current size, in Manhattan. That would seem to be a great sign of …

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Live Blogging NAS Human Gene Editing Summit: #GeneEditSummit

November 28, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) summit on Human Gene Editing will begin in a few days on December 1 in Washington, D.C. This summit is in part the extension of discussions that started at a more informal meeting on CRISPR earlier this year in Napa organized by Jennifer Doudna and colleagues. The NAS meeting …

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Science on Thanksgiving & recommended reading

November 26, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

I’m thankful for a whole bunch of things on Thanksgiving including family, but here I wanted to talk specifically about why we should be thankful for science. At this moment in history it is plainly evident how greatly past science has helped the world and at the same time how intensely the world needs research …

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Year: 2015