Science doesn’t show that gene editing is safe or effective for human embryos. Heritable gene editing, also known as human germline editing, changes genes that the next generation could inherit.

As gene editing technologies continue to evolve ... DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08300-4 Shai Carmi et al, Human embryo editing against disease is unsafe and unproven—despite rosy predictions ...

It’s a new way to create “bi-paternal” mice that can survive to adulthood—but human applications are still a long way off.

At the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, held in March 2023 at the Francis Crick Institute in London, ...

A gene-edited mouse with two male parents has survived to adulthood, pushing new progress on stem cell research.

Establishment and robust expansion of human fetal brain organoids ... Cas12a represents the next generation of gene editing. Here, the authors present the generation and validation of a Cas12a ...

In a shift away from GMOS, aka genetically modified organisms, important research is continuing in gene editing, sometimes ...