Fetal somatic gene therapy is often seen ... models is a scientific and ethical prerequisite to develop procedures and to study safety and efficacy before human application can be considered.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...