Genome Editing: Redefining Humanity

Genome Editing is potentially the most important biological/medical strategy ever developed. Genome Editing has been used to manipulate diverse organisms and viruses including bacteria, plants, insects, nonhuman animals, human remediation, and treatment of genetic and other diseases in animals and humans. The advent of CRISPR-Cas9 and newer techniques has greatly increased the facility and speed with which Genome Editing can be carried out. It has become clear that the main factors limiting the power of Genome Editing are the human imagination and human imposed structures, - not technological limitations.