Abstract

CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) has many applications such as editing the human genome and CRISPR-edited crops as well as CRISPRedited animals for the use of human organ transplants [1-4]. However, are the applications of CRISPR ethically defensible or not? For simplification, I will go through one example, the CRISPR-edited animals for the use of human organ transplants, where CRISPR-gene editing solves the problem occurring with the traditional use of PSCs (Pluripotent Stem Cells) or iPSCs (Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells) to produce differentiated β-cells of pancreatic islets of Langerhans to treat type 1 diabetes and the subsequent fatigue of these transplanted stem cells and failure to produce insulin and recurrence of diabetes again.