{"id":235628,"date":"2023-04-01T19:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=235628"},"modified":"2023-04-02T17:47:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T12:17:04","slug":"human-genome-editing-scientists-vs-rogues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/human-genome-editing-scientists-vs-rogues\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Genome Editing: Scientists Vs Rogues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article\u00a0<strong>\u201cHuman Genome Editing: Scientists Vs Rogues\u201d published in The Times of India <\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> April 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Science and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance: <\/strong><strong>concerns over genome editing technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: The <strong>Third International Summit on Human <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gene-editing-an-analysis\/\"><strong>Genome Editing<\/strong><\/a> was held in London last month.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the excerpts of the summit?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Scientists found that changing genes in some of the cells of an existing person does not impact their heritable cells. Gene editing method like <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/from-promise-to-reality-10-years-after-breakthrough-a-crispr-solution-to-problems-of-health-begins-to-take-shape\/\"><strong>CRISPR<\/strong><\/a> is also being used by scientists to <strong>cure sickle cell disease<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, <strong>extremely high costs and infrastructure needs of gene therapy treatments are not manageable<\/strong> for a vast majority of either patients or healthcare systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CRISPR has also been used in China<\/strong> to alter the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/china-halts-gene-editing-activities-on-babies\/\">embryos<\/a> (created through IVF) of twin girls to try to make them resistant to HIV in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>However, concerns remain over funding and monitoring of gene therapy, especially in a country like China.<\/p>\n<p>There was news of efforts going in China to get access to cutting-edge western genomic and biotech ecosystems through academic espionage and early-stage investment.<\/p>\n<p>There were also concerns over carrying gene therapies in China in the absence of scientific public documentation as it may have a catastrophic impact on humanity, as was seen in the case Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Must Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gene-therapy-approaches-benefits-and-concerns-explained-pointwise\/\"><strong>Gene Therapy: Approaches, Benefits and Concerns &#8211; Explained<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What lies ahead for India in genome editing technology?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Developing Gene therapy technologies in India is not only about cost ownership and access but also the processes of knowledge production and knowledge produced.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, <strong>genome editing research reaching its full therapeutic potential for Indians will need science in India to step up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cHuman Genome Editing: Scientists Vs Rogues\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a01st April 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Science and Technology Relevance: concerns over genome editing technology News: The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing was held in London last month. What are the excerpts of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/human-genome-editing-scientists-vs-rogues\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Human Genome Editing: Scientists Vs Rogues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,11349,10496],"class_list":["post-235628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-human-genome-editing","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704949952},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}