Editing Genetics (section)

== Society and culture ==
{{See also|Genetics in fiction}}

On 19 March 2015, a group of leading biologists urged a worldwide ban on clinical use of methods, particularly the use of [[CRISPR]] and [[zinc finger]], to edit the human genome in a way that can be inherited.<ref name="NYT-20150319">{{cite news | vauthors = Wade N |title=Scientists Seek Ban on Method of Editing the Human Genome |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/science/biologists-call-for-halt-to-gene-editing-technique-in-humans.html |date=19 March 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=20 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319230002/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/science/biologists-call-for-halt-to-gene-editing-technique-in-humans.html |archive-date=19 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="NYT-20150303-AP">{{cite news | vauthors = Pollack A |title=A Powerful New Way to Edit DNA |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/health/a-powerful-new-way-to-edit-dna.html |date=3 March 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=20 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326051509/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/health/a-powerful-new-way-to-edit-dna.html |archive-date=26 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="SCI-20150319">{{cite journal | vauthors = Baltimore D, Berg P, Botchan M, Carroll D, Charo RA, Church G, Corn JE, Daley GQ, Doudna JA, Fenner M, Greely HT, Jinek M, Martin GS, Penhoet E, Puck J, Sternberg SH, Weissman JS, Yamamoto KR | title = Biotechnology. A prudent path forward for genomic engineering and germline gene modification | journal = Science | volume = 348 | issue = 6230 | pages = 36–38 | date = April 2015 | pmid = 25791083 | pmc = 4394183 | doi = 10.1126/science.aab1028 | df = dmy-all | bibcode = 2015Sci...348...36B }}</ref><ref name="NAT-20150312">{{cite journal | vauthors = Lanphier E, Urnov F, Haecker SE, Werner M, Smolenski J | title = Don't edit the human germ line | journal = Nature | volume = 519 | issue = 7544 | pages = 410–411 | date = March 2015 | pmid = 25810189 | doi = 10.1038/519410a | df = dmy-all | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2015Natur.519..410L }}</ref> In April 2015, Chinese researchers [[CRISPR#Society and culture|reported]] results of [[basic research]] to edit the DNA of non-viable [[human embryos]] using CRISPR.<ref name="NYT-20150423">{{cite news | vauthors = Kolata G |title=Chinese Scientists Edit Genes of Human Embryos, Raising Concerns |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/health/chinese-scientists-edit-genes-of-human-embryos-raising-concerns.html |date=23 April 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=24 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424050616/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/health/chinese-scientists-edit-genes-of-human-embryos-raising-concerns.html |archive-date=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="PC-20150418">{{cite journal | vauthors = Liang P, Xu Y, Zhang X, Ding C, Huang R, Zhang Z, Lv J, Xie X, Chen Y, Li Y, Sun Y, Bai Y, Songyang Z, Ma W, Zhou C, Huang J | title = CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing in human tripronuclear zygotes | journal = Protein & Cell | volume = 6 | issue = 5 | pages = 363–372 | date = May 2015 | pmid = 25894090 | pmc = 4417674 | doi = 10.1007/s13238-015-0153-5 }}</ref>