A large and highly heterogeneous group of individuals conducts genetic and genomic
research outside of traditional corporate and academic settings. They can be an important …

The expansion of do-it-yourself (DIY) gene editing, facilitated by Clustered Regularly
Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) technology, has catalyzed a significant …

E92 CMAJ| JANUARY 28, 2019| VOLUME 191| ISSUE 4 cessation of human germline
modification for research purposes. 7–9 It left the road open for a translational pathway for …

Recent experiments have been used to “edit” genomes of various plant, animal and other
species, including humans, with unprecedented precision. Furthermore, editing the Cas9 …

Gene-editing technologies, such as CRISPR/Cas9, are internationally ethically fraught. In
the United States, policy surrounding gene-editing has yet to be implemented, while the …

Abstract Developed in 2012, CRISPR-Cas9 is emerging as a powerful new genome
engineering technology and as a locus of international concern over the ethical and legal …

Humankind has reached, in tow by the hand of a scientific breakthrough called CRISPR, the
Rubicon of precise genetic manipulation first envisioned over fifty years ago. Despite …

On Thursday, March 19, 2015 Science published (on-line) a Policy Forum (http://www.
sciencemag. org/content/early/2015/03/18/science. aab1028. full) entitled A Prudent Path …

Abstract “Biohacking” has emerged as a cultural and scientific phenomenon. Although there
is no consensus on the precise definition of “biohacking,” the term generally describes …

Enabling other scientists and interested citizens to view proposals in advance of
experiments could identify inadequate safeguards and address concerns early. Ideally …