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ReviewPlant biotechnology journal2020

Genome editing with the CRISPR-Cas system: an art, ethics and global regulatory perspective.

Debin Zhang, Amjad Hussain, Hakim Manghwar, Kabin Xie, Shengsong Xie, Shuhong Zhao, Robert M Larkin, Ping Qing, Shuangxia Jin, Fang Ding

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Review in Plant biotechnology journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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85citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Genome Editing Approaches in Flax (International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  15. CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing Technology in Potato.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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25 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Debin ZhangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Amjad HussainNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Hakim ManghwarNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Kabin XieNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0643-2456
Shengsong XieKey Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, China.
Shuhong ZhaoKey Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, China.
Robert M LarkinKey Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Ping QingCollege of Public Administration, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Shuangxia JinNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1495-9154
Fang DingHubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9697-7179

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last three decades, the development of new genome editing techniques, such as ODM, TALENs, ZFNs and the CRISPR-Cas system, has led to significant progress in the field of plant and animal breeding. The CRISPR-Cas system is the most versatile genome editing tool discovered in the history of molecular biology because it can be used to alter diverse genomes (e.g. genomes from both plants and animals) including human genomes with unprecedented ease, accuracy and high efficiency. The recent development and scope of CRISPR-Cas system have raised new regulatory challenges around the world due to moral, ethical, safety and technical concerns associated with its applications in pre-clinical and clinical research, biomedicine and agriculture. Here, we review the art, applications and potential risks of CRISPR-Cas system in genome editing. We also highlight the patent and ethical issues of this technology along with regulatory frameworks established by various nations to regulate CRISPR-Cas-modified organisms/products.

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingAgricultureAnimalsClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsHumansPlantsCRISPR-Cas systemethicsgenome editingregulationsrisks

Identifiers

PMID32271968
PMCPMC7336378

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