International Society for Stem Cell Research

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is an independent nonprofit organization currently run by CEO Nancy Witty. The ISSCR was founded in 2002 to foster the exchange of information on stem cell research and claims more than 4,100 members worldwide.[1] The ISSCR holds a large vibrant conference every year.

In March 2015 scientists, including an inventor of CRISPR, urged a worldwide moratorium on germline gene therapy, writing "scientists should avoid even attempting, in lax jurisdictions, germline genome modification for clinical application in humans" until the full implications "are discussed among scientific and governmental organizations".[2][3][4][5]

After the publication that a Chinese group had used CRISPR to modify a gene in human embryos, the group repeated their call for a moratorium on “attempts at human clinical germ-line genome editing while extensive scientific analysis of the potential risks is conducted, along with broad public discussion of the societal and ethical implications.”[6]

References

  1. ↑ "ISSCR About Us"
  2. ↑ Wade, Nicholas (19 March 2015). "Scientists Seek Ban on Method of Editing the Human Genome". New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Pollack, Andrew (3 March 2015). "A Powerful New Way to Edit DNA". New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Baltimore, David; Berg, Paul; Botchan, Dana; Charo, R. Alta; Church, George; Corn, Jacob E.; Daley, George Q.; Doudna, Jennifer A.; Fenner, Marsha; Greely, Henry T.; Jinek, Martin; Martin, G. Steven; Penhoet, Edward; Puck, Jennifer; Sternberg, Samuel H.; Weissman, Jonathan S.; Yamamoto, Keith R. (19 March 2015). "A prudent path forward for genomic engineering and germline gene modification". Science 348: 36–8. doi:10.1126/science.aab1028. PMID 25791083. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Lanphier, Edward; Urnov, Fyodor; Haecker, Sarah Ehlen; Werner, Michael; Smolenski, Joanna (26 March 2015). "Don’t edit the human germ line". Nature 519: 410–411. doi:10.1038/519410a. PMID 25810189. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Chinese Manipulation of Human Embryo Genes Draws Rebuke". Wall Street Journal. 23 April 2–15. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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