CRISPR | Jamie Metzl

July 15, 2019

Has the Third CRISPR Baby Already Been Born?

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For years, I have been saying the genetics revolution is not just coming but already here. As we unlock the secrets of our genomes and systems biology more broadly, we…

June 10, 2019

Inviting You to a Genetic Engineering Dinner Party (*)

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I am inviting you to a dinner party – where you are the host. You can invite whomever you’d like: your family, friends, co-workers, book club members, etc. The preparation…

March 28, 2019

Human gene editing is too transformative to be guided by the few

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My editorial from today’s (3/18/19) Financial Times: Far sooner than most people realise, the genetics revolution will transform the world within and around us — and we are not remotely ready for what’s coming. Yet we must be, to optimise the benefits and minimise the potential harms of genetic technologies.

November 26, 2018

Crossing the Rubicon of Genetically Engineered Human Babies

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For years I have been writing about how our species is at the cusp of a genetic revolution that will transform our healthcare in the short term, how we make…

April 24, 2015

Has the Genetic Arms Race Begun?

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Articles in Nature yesterday and in today’s New York Times describe the controversial recent announcement by a Chinese researcher that he has used cutting edge precision gene editing techniques (CRISPR-cas9) on non-viable human embryos. It is rumored that the results of more research like this will be announced from China in the coming months. Every day we are receiving more evidence like this that the human genetic revolution, with its massive scientific, ethical, political, and national security implications, has already begun.