Background: The world's first gene-edited babies, reported by the Chinese scientist He
Jiankui, prompted an outcry of criticism and concerns worldwide over the use of genome …

Background: Multiple surveys of the general public and experts on human genome editing
have been conducted. However, many focused only on editing in clinical applications, with …

Recent advances in genome editing technology are accompanied by increasing public
expectations on its potential clinical application, but there are still scientific, ethical, and …

HONG KONG--On the eve of the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing,
we were informed of the birth of twins in China whose embryonic genomes had been edited …

Genome editing of human embryos could become a fundamental treatment approach for
genetic diseases; however, a few technical and ethical issues need to be resolved before its …

Abstract In 2018, the Chinese scientist He Jiankui presented his research at the Second
International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong. While it was intended that …

Human germline genetic modification has long been a controversial topic. Until recently it
remained largely a hypothetical debate: whether one accepted or opposed the idea in …

The use of human embryos in genome editing research has recently been approved in
China and the United Kingdom. In Japan, the debate on regulations on genome editing …

Genome editing of the human embryo using CRISPR/Cas9 has the potential to prevent
hereditary diseases from being transmitted to the next generation. However, attitudes to this …

Gene editing, which allows for specific location (s) in the genome to be targeted and altered
by deleting, adding or substituting nucleotides, is currently the subject of important academic …