Human Genome Editing Initiative
The National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine launched this initiative in 2015 to inform decision-making related to recent advances in human genome-editing research. Activities under this initiative include two international summits (in 2015 and 2018), a consensus study released in 2017, and the consensus report of an international commission (2020). A third international summit will take place in London, UK in March 2023.
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News and Updates
Human Genome Editing Summit Kicks Off in Hong Kong
News Release
- Agenda for Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, March 6-8 Feb 15, 2023 Media Advisory
- Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing to Take Place in London March 6-8, 2023 Nov 30, 2022 Media Advisory
- Planning Committee Named for the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing Oct 21, 2021 News Release
- WHO Panel Recommends Global Standards for Oversight and Governance of Human Genome Editing Jul 13, 2021 Feature Story
- One Year After Hong Kong Summit, Developments in Human Genome Editing Underscore Urgency for International Agreement on Standards and Oversight Dec 4, 2019 Feature Story
- Statement on Removal of Web Page on Human Genome Editing Oct 2, 2019 Statement
- International Commission on Clinical Use of Heritable Human Genome Editing Issues Call for Evidence Aug 27, 2019 News Release
- International Commission on Heritable Genome Editing Holds First Public Meeting Aug 20, 2019 News Release
- Statement on Call for Moratorium on and International Governance Framework for Clinical Uses of Heritable Genome Editing Mar 13, 2019 Statement
- Summary of Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing Now Available Jan 10, 2019 News Release
- Statement by the Organizing Committee of the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing Nov 28, 2018 Statement
- U.S. NAS and NAM Presidents Issue Statement on the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing Nov 28, 2018 Statement
- Statement from the Organizing Committee on Reported Human Embryo Genome Editing Nov 26, 2018 Statement
- Organizing Committee Named for the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing May 29, 2018 News Release
- On Human Gene Editing: International Summit Statement Dec 3, 2015 News Release
- Statement by the Co-Sponsoring Presidents of the Summit on Human Gene Editing Dec 3, 2015 Statement
- National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine Announce Initiative on Human Gene Editing May 18, 2015 Statement
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing - Commission Teleconference 6
- March 2, 2020
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
- Closed
- Tele Conference
- Past
This will be a conference call of the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germline genome editing (...
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing - Commission Teleconference 5
- February 21, 2020
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
- Closed
- Tele Conference
- Past
This was a conference call of the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germline genome editing (shou...
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing - Commission Meeting 3
- January 22 - 23, 2020
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This was the third meeting of the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germline genome editing (shou...
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing - Commission Meeting 2
- November 14 - 15, 2019
- Meeting
- Past
This was the second meeting of the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germline genome editing (sho...
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing - Commission Teleconference 4
- October 21, 2019
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Tele Conference
- Past
This was a conference call of the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germline genome editing (shou...
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing - Webinar on Validating On-target and Off-target Edits
- October 15, 2019
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (EDT)
- Webinar
- Past
This webinar was an information gathering event for the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germlin...
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing - Webinar on Homology Directed Repair and Single Cell Genomics
- October 9, 2019
- 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
- Webinar
- Past
This webinar was an information gathering event for the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germlin...
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing - Webinar on Editing in Embryos and in Spermatogonial Stem Cells
- October 7, 2019
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EDT)
- Webinar
- Past
This webinar was an information gathering event for the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germlin...
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing - Webinar on Informed Consent
- October 4, 2019
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
- Webinar
- Past
This webinar was an information gathering event for the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germlin...
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing - Commission Meeting 1
- August 13, 2019
- 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
- Meeting
- Past
This was the first meeting of the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germline genome editing (shou...
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing - Commission Teleconference 2
- July 18, 2019
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (EDT)
- Closed
- Tele Conference
- Past
This was a conference call of the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germline genome editing (shou...
International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing: Commission Teleconference 1
- May 28, 2019
- 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
- Closed
- Tele Conference
- Past
This was a conference call of the international commission developing a framework for considering technical, scientific, medical, regulatory, and ethical requirements for germline genome editing (shou...
Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing
- November 27 - 29, 2018
- Summit
- Past
Building upon the outcome of the 2015 International Summit on Human Gene Editing, which called for ongoing international discussions on human gene editing, an ad hoc committee under the auspices of th...
Human Gene Editing: Scientific, Medical and Ethical Considerations Meeting 5
- September 24 - 25, 2016
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This event is closed to the public.
Human Gene Editing: Scientific, Medical and Ethical Considerations Meeting #4
- July 12 - 13, 2016
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
In its final public meeting, the committee heard from speakers about social issues associated with human gene editing, including race and genetics in US history and the intersection of moral views and...