The Crispr Babies Saga Shows the Need for Action, Not More Delays
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Blog Post
Published
Dec. 20, 2018, 1:15 p.m.
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We have not had a broad, public conversation or consensus around the ethics of ...being experimented on, too.) However, as research published on December 13 shows us, CRISPR/Cas9 techniques... us with the second critique. Absent of a broad public consensus on genome editing, there was a generally...revisited at meetings when sufficient time, additional public fora for data review, and more lab research could...could be used to bring scientists and the public together to build consensus guidelines, but there was ...t have to look far for proof that this model of public involvement, research, and consensus can happen...Council.
While the Nuffield Council has recently published a report on the social and ethical issues of genome...