An Ambitious Vision for Bioethics – Some Reflections on Professor Jing-Bao Nie’s St Cross Seminar

Written by Ben Davies Many readers of the Practical Ethics blog will remember the astounding announcement last November by Chinese researcher He Jiankui that he had used CRISPR-cas9 technology to edit into two healthy embryos a resistance to developing HIV, later resulting in the birth of twins Lulu and Nana. As Professor Julian Savulescu expressed […]

Source: blog.bioethics.net - October 11, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Ben Davies Tags: Ethics Genetics Health Care Science bioethics Children and Families China CRISPR Current Affairs eugenics genetic engineering medical ethics Pluralism Reflections regulation syndicated Source Type: blogs