Gene editing leaders call for 10-year suspension of heritable human genome editing

An international group of gene editing leaders has put out a call for a 10-year ban on heritable human genome editing (HHGE), extending a moratorium that was first proposed in the fallout of a Chinese researcher’s widely decried use of CRISPR on human embryos.

May 28, 2025 - 12:10
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Gene editing leaders call for 10-year suspension of heritable human genome editing
An international group of gene editing leaders has put out a call for a 10-year ban on heritable human genome editing (HHGE), extending a moratorium that was first proposed in the fallout of a Chinese researcher’s widely decried use of CRISPR on human embryos.