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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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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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Haunting Doudna nightmare about Hitler wanting CRISPR

November 18, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 3 Comments

A recent piece on CRISPR genetic modification in the New Yorker called The Gene Hackers or Human 2.0 by Michael Specter is striking in a number of ways. I highly recommend it. The article provides an in-depth look at CRISPR and its potential use for human editing. I like how the article brings so many …

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List of Speakers for NAS Meeting on Human Gene Editing

October 1, 2015 March 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

Who will be speaking at the upcoming National Academy of Sciences (NAS) meeting on human gene editing? So far we haven’t known, but now we do (if you are eager to find out, skip to bottom of the post). The organizers of the meeting can be found here. Keep in mind that it is probable that …

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Kelly Hills interview: human genetic modification & bioethics

August 20, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

Below is a conversation with bioethics commentator Kelly Hills (who BTW has a great blog), tackling some of the key issues surrounding the potential use of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to make heritable human genetic modification. I really appreciate her clear and insightful answers to some tough questions that many are grappling with today on this topic. Part …

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Congress: FDA should consult religious experts on embryo CRISPR

June 28, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 5 Comments

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The US Congress recently held its first hearing on human germline genetic modification. The meeting included CRISPR-Cas9 pioneer Jennifer Doudna (see video here) on the panel. See image of Cas9 structure from Wikipedia. CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, strikingly efficient tool for genetic engineering of cells and whole organisms. Now Republican congressional leaders have included a …

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Doudna & Others Testify to Congress on CRISPR, Human Germline Editing

June 19, 2015 February 1, 2021 / By Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

The House Subcommittee on Research and Technology on Tuesday held a CRISPR hearing: “The Science and Ethics of Genetically Engineered Human DNA”. At the meeting, CRISPR pioneer Dr. Jennifer Doudna gave testimony along with Dr. Victor Dzau who is the President of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Dr. …

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