A global observatory for gene editing

Creating a global observatory for health R&D.

A global map of health R&D activity would improve the coordination of research and help to match limited resources with public health priorities, such as combating antimicrobial resistance. The challenges of R&D mapping are large because there are few standards for research classification and governance and limited capacity to report on R&D data, especially in low-income countries. Nevertheless...

Global Ice Sheet Mapping Observatory

Gene Editing in Humans: Towards a Global and Inclusive Debate for Responsible Research


In December 2016, the Opinion Group of the Bioethics and Law Observatory (OBD) of the University of Barcelona launched a Declaration on Bioethics and Gene Editing in Humans analyzing the use of genome editing techniques and their social, ethical, and legal implications through a multidisciplinary approach. It focuses on CRISPR/Cas9, a genome modification technique that enables researchers to ed...

Gene Editing Versus Morphants

Kok et al. conclude that results with Morpholino oligos, which are not recapitulated by natural mutations or gene editing mutations, must be due to off-target effects and, when morphants and mutants differ, they contend that antisense oligo studies should be disregarded. Morpholinos and gene editing mutagenesis are very different technologies and, even if both work perfectly, may yield differen...

Oligonucleotide‐directed mutagenesis for precision gene editing

Differences in gene sequences, many of which are single nucleotide polymorphisms, underlie some of the most important traits in plants. With humanity facing significant challenges to increase global agricultural productivity, there is an urgent need to accelerate the development of these traits in plants. oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis (ODM), one of the many tools of Cibus' Rapid Trait De...