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. 2022 Oct 27;13(4):e0029.
doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10487.

CRISPR Technology: A Jewish Legal Perspective

John D Loike  1   2 , Rabbi Tzvi Flaum  3
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CRISPR Technology: A Jewish Legal Perspective

John D Loike et al. Rambam Maimonides Med J. .

Abstract

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) gene editing is an innovative and potentially game-changing biotechnology that can potentially reverse DNA mutations in a tissue-specific manner. In addition, CRISPR is being targeted for xenotransplantation, for increasing human longevity, in animal breeding, and in plant science. However, there are many ethical challenges that emerge from CRISPR technology. This article discusses several positions that relate to these ethical challenges from a Jewish legal perspective. In addition, we present several other applications of CRISPR technology that lack a defined Jewish legal precedent and require rabbinical scholars to address and resolve them in the future.

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Conflict of interest: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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The CRISPR-Cas9 System.
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