A CRISPR response to pandemics?: Exploring the ethics of genetically engineering the human immune system.

Germani, Federico; Wäscher, Sebastian; Biller-Andorno, Nikola

Germani, Federico; Wäscher, Sebastian; Biller-Andorno, Nikola.

Germani F; Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Wäscher S; Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Biller-Andorno N; Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

EMBO Rep ; 22(3): e52319, 2021 03 03.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1146363

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Ethical challenges should be addressed before gene editing is made available to improve the immune response against emerging viruses.

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Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats; Pandemics; CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics; Gene Editing; Humans; Immune System

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pandemics / Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: EMBO Rep Journal subject: Molecular Biology Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Embr.202052319

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