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ReviewTransgenic research2022

Sustainable use of CRISPR/Cas in fish aquaculture: the biosafety perspective.

Arinze S Okoli, Torill Blix, Anne I Myhr, Wenteng Xu, Xiaodong Xu

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Review in Transgenic research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Advances in Fish Gene Editing.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  6. Genome-Edited Fish in the Field.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Arinze S Okoli *GenØk -Centre for Biosafety, SIVA Innovation Centre, Tromsø, Norway. aso023@uit.no.ORCID 0000-0003-0256-0856
Torill Blix *GenØk -Centre for Biosafety, SIVA Innovation Centre, Tromsø, Norway.
Anne I MyhrGenØk -Centre for Biosafety, SIVA Innovation Centre, Tromsø, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-0214-7439
Wenteng XuYellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.
Xiaodong XuQingdao Vland Biotech Company Group, Qingdao, 266061, China.
GenØk · NOChinese Academy of Fishery Sciences · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aquaculture is becoming the primary source of seafood for human diets, and farmed fish aquaculture is one of its fastest growing sectors. The industry currently faces several challenges including infectious and parasitic diseases, reduced viability, fertility reduction, slow growth, escapee fish and environmental pollution. The commercialization of the growth-enhanced AquAdvantage salmon and the CRISPR/Cas9-developed tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) proffers genetic engineering and genome editing tools, e.g. CRISPR/Cas, as potential solutions to these challenges. Future traits being developed in different fish species include disease resistance, sterility, and enhanced growth. Despite these notable advances, off-target effect and non-clarification of trait-related genes among other technical challenges hinder full realization of CRISPR/Cas potentials in fish breeding. In addition, current regulatory and risk assessment frameworks are not fit-for purpose regarding the challenges of CRISPR/Cas notwithstanding that public and regulatory acceptance are key to commercialization of products of the new technology. In this study, we discuss how CRISPR/Cas can be used to overcome some of these limitations focusing on diseases and environmental release in farmed fish aquaculture. We further present technical limitations, regulatory and risk assessment challenges of the use of CRISPR/Cas, and proffer research strategies that will provide much-needed data for regulatory decisions, risk assessments, increased public awareness and sustainable applications of CRISPR/Cas in fish aquaculture with emphasis on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) breeding.

Indexed as

Containment of BiohazardsCRISPR-Cas SystemsAnimalsAquacultureFishesGene EditingAquacultureCRISPR/CasGene modificationGenetically modified organismGenome-editingGMORisk assessmentSalmonSustainability

Identifiers

PMID34304349
PMCPMC8821480
OpenAlexW3183871780

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