Scientists Edited DNA in Human Embryos; the Breakthrough Is Real, but so Are the Risk

Scientists edited DNA in human embryos; the breakthrough is real, but so are the risk

Columbia researchers used base editing, a CRISPR-related method designed to alter single DNA letters with less damage, in embryos never intended for pregnancy; the work revives questions over disease prevention, inherited genetic change and ‘designer babies’

Latest Gene Editing Of Human Embryos Could “Open The Floodgates”

Forget CRISPR. It’s Base Editing, baby: a more sure way to edit human zygotes without the risk. It’s the “gateway to embryo editing to do enhancements.” It’s the “cat’s out of the bag,” according to critics. Of course, all these genetic scientists say they are curing some genetic defect, while spending hundreds of millions to...

Latest Gene Editing Of Human Embryos Could "Open The Floodgates"

Forget CRISPR. It’s Base Editing, baby: a more sure way to edit human zygotes without the risk. It’s the “gateway to embryo editing to do enhancements.” It’s the “cat’s out of the bag,” according to critics. Of course, all these genetic scientists say they are curing some genetic defect, while spending hundreds of millions to turn all of us into “hackable animals”, as Noah Yuval Harari said. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor. Editing the genes of a human e…

American scientists have invented a new way to modify the genes of embryos

A team of scientists led by geneticist Dieter Egli at Columbia University has used a new gene-editing technique to alter DNA in human embryos. According to the Futurism website, the purpose of the study was not to develop new treatments, but rather to prove that the new method is more effective than the old method (CRISPR) and does not cause harm. However, genome editing researcher Alexis Komor said that Eagly and his colleagues had violated the…