CRISPR: What is the future of gene editing? | Start Here

Episode of the Al Jazeera video series Start Here on CRISPR: What is the future of gene editing?

Features interview with CGS Program Director on Genetic Justice, Katie Hasson.

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Opening the Door to ‘Designer Babies’? South Africa’s Genome Editing Guidelines Spark Global Debate

By Bernice Lottering, Gene Online | 11.08.2024

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South Africa’s updated health-research ethics guidelines, which now include heritable human genome editing, have sparked concern among scientists. The revisions, made in May but only recently gaining attention, outline protocols for modifying genetic material in sperm, eggs, or embryos—changes...

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UN puts AI Titans on the hook for billions of dollars of biopiracy payments

By Jim Thomas, Scan the Horizon | 11.19.2024

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It’s the wee hours of 2nd November 2024 in Cali, Colombia. In a large UN negotiating hall Colombian Environment Minister Susana Muhamed has slammed down the gavel on a decision that should send a jolt through the AI policy world. ...

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Sickle cell patient dies in Beam study of base editing therapy

By Ned Pagliarulo, BioPharmaDive | 11.05.2024

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A medicine built around a more precise form of CRISPR gene editing appeared to work as designed in its first clinical trial test, developer Beam Therapeutics said Tuesday. But the death of a trial participant could renew concerns about an older...

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Class action lawsuits against genetic testing companies over PGT-A

By Ruth Retassie, PET | 10.21.2024

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Former IVF patients in the USA have filed class action lawsuits against several companies for misleading them about the efficacy of PGT-A.

Class action lawsuits have been filed against CooperGenomics, CooperSurgical, The Cooper Companies, Reproductive Genetic Innovations, ...

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