Gene Editing of Human Embryos with CRISPR/Cas9: Great Promise Coupled with Important Caveats

Modern gene editing technologies with unprecedentedly high accuracy have now enabled precise editing of cellular genomes, and have tempted some to attempt to edit human embryos despite the controversy this engenders within the research community and beyond. Ma et al.1Ma H. Marti-Gutierrez N. Park S.W. Wu J. Lee Y. Suzuki K. Koski A. Ji D. Hayama T. Ahmed R. et al.Correction of a pathogenic gene mutation in human embryos.Nature. 2017; 548:...