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Countering that Pro-Heritable Human CRISPR WSJ Piece

October 22, 2017 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 9 Comments

It’s germline, heritable human CRISPR time, right? Wrong. But the particularly enthusiastic supporters of heritable human CRISPR often cite hypothetical benefits in glowing terms, but either don’t mention risks or strongly downplay them. These fans also tend to leave alternative, proven and safe technologies such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) out of the discussion or […]

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4 key reasons Mitalipov paper doesn’t herald safe CRISPR human genetic modification

August 7, 2017 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

We can be confident that human genetic modification via CRISPR’ing of embryos soon will be safe and effective after that new exciting Mitalipov team paper, right? Wrong. The reality is far more complicated and interesting on the tech side. In a nutshell, I see the paper as a significant scientific, but not necessarily medical advance.

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Who leaked Mitalipov CRISPR human embryo paper?

July 29, 2017 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 6 Comments

The new CRISPR human embryo paper from Shoukhrat Mitalipov is stirring things up, but then there’s also the murky back story as to how the news of this as yet unpublished paper got leaked in the first place. The actual paper is still not out and from what I understand hasn’t even been officially released

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What if I could make designer babies for you? My TED talk

December 8, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

What’s it like to give a TED talk and could there be designer babies in your future as a parent? On Halloween I gave a TEDxVienna talk (click above) on giving consideration to the possibility that we may be headed toward a new reality in the next 15 years in which there are designer babies.

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Poll finds near equal split on question: would you have a designer baby?

November 24, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

A few weeks back I started a poll focusing on whether people would have a designer baby if they could. With nearly 200 responses so far, the results are very mixed (see image). One conclusion from this I think is that we need more information on possible risks versus benefits. Another element here is that

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designer babies

Countering that Pro-Heritable Human CRISPR WSJ Piece

4 key reasons Mitalipov paper doesn’t herald safe CRISPR human genetic modification

Who leaked Mitalipov CRISPR human embryo paper?

What if I could make designer babies for you? My TED talk

Poll finds near equal split on question: would you have a designer baby?

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