jan 1, 2015 - International Summit on Human Gene Editing
Description:
In 2015, a conference hosted by scientists from the US, UK, and China was held in Washington D.C. The conclusion was that somatic gene therapy research and practice using CRISPR, Cas9, or other genome editing tools such as TALENs and ZFNs could be pursued but a strict ban on human germline engineering was placed, which Chinese scientist He Jianku infamously broke when he brought the Chinese twins Lulu and Nana to term in November 2018.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 2015
Now
~ 11 years ago