Genetically Modified Babies and a First Application of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR-Cas9).

Genetically Modified Babies and a First Application of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR-Cas9).
Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Jun 11;:
Authors: Rose BI, Brown S
Abstract
The world's first babies with CRISPR-Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats)-edited genes were born on November 25, 2018. Dr. Jiankui He of Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen performed this gene editing. Dr. He's objectives and an assessment of how well they were achieved are discussed in the context of existing research in this area.This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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Source: Obstetrics and Gynecology - June 10, 2019 Category: OBGYN Authors: Rose BI, Brown S Tags: Obstet Gynecol Source Type: research