Bonham Jr., Acting Deputy Director at the National Human Genome Research Institute ... He outlined the growth of gene therapy, different types of therapies, challenges in access, ethical ...

An international group of gene editing leaders has put out a call for a 10-year ban on heritable human genome editing (HHGE), ...

One big remaining challenge and ethical question is whether scientists should ever again try to make gene-edited babies by modifying the DNA in human sperm ... of gene-therapy treatments in ...

Many of these conditions are rare, debilitating, serious or life-threatening, and do not exist in adults, and consequently, first-in-human ... Gene Therapy Research in Pediatric Populations ...

In a statement released at the end of the conference, the organizers said “heritable human genome editing ... The hope offered by gene therapy is creating fresh ethical storms — primarily ...

He noted that while there “are other people out there who want to do gene therapies to do human enhancement ... say that every therapy needs to be evaluated from that ethical perspective ...

One of the first hurdles of gene therapy is successful introduction of the corrected gene into the human cells ... prohibited in many countries due to ethical and technical concerns.

The first medicine based on gene editing, a one-time therapy for sickle cell disease ... in 2012 to a medicine that can alleviate human suffering 11 years later. On Tuesday, I answered your ...

“Ethical issues ... those who fear the risks of gene editing don’t take into account the inherent dangers in the “natural” way we reproduce. Two-thirds of human embryos fail to develop ...

“Perhaps now is the time to renew a call for an international moratorium on human germline genome manipulation and to refocus our energy on ethical and effective gene and cell therapies that ...