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class="page-title">Category: <span>Gene editing</span></h1> </header> <article class="post-4597 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-gene-editing category-genome-editing category-social-media" id="post-4597"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/10/30/he-jiankui-humanitys-common-heritage/" rel="bookmark">He Jiankui & Humanity’s Common Heritage</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/10/30/he-jiankui-humanitys-common-heritage/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-10-30T03:56:03+01:00">October 30, 2024</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='He Jiankui &amp; Humanity’s Common Heritage' 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Gibson As many will remember, in 2018, now infamous Chinese researcher He Jiankui announced on YouTube that, using CRISPR/Cas9, he had been (jointly) responsible for creating gene-edited twins called Lulu & Nana. He and his team’s purported aim was to engineer the twins to be resistant to HIV infection. Two days after […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/10/30/he-jiankui-humanitys-common-heritage/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='He Jiankui &amp; Humanity’s Common Heritage' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/10/30/he-jiankui-humanitys-common-heritage/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/gene-editing/" rel="category tag">Gene editing</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/genome-editing/" rel="category tag">Genome editing</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/social-media/" rel="category tag">social media</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/10/30/he-jiankui-humanitys-common-heritage/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4597 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4597">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4558 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-assisted-reproductive-technology category-bioethics category-gene-editing" id="post-4558"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/02/29/queering-the-genome-epigenome-editing-for-biological-lesbian-motherhood/" rel="bookmark">Queering the genome: epigenome editing for biological lesbian motherhood</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/02/29/queering-the-genome-epigenome-editing-for-biological-lesbian-motherhood/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-02-29T11:00:16+01:00">February 29, 2024</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Queering the genome: epigenome editing for biological lesbian motherhood' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/02/29/queering-the-genome-epigenome-editing-for-biological-lesbian-motherhood/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Adrian Villalba. In the thrilling frontier of reproductive technologies, a ground-breaking approach aims to shake the foundations of conventional norms – it’s called epigenome editing. Imagine a world where same-sex couples can have genetically related children without the traditional genetic hurdles. Welcome to the era of “queering the genome”. This revolutionary technique bypasses the […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/02/29/queering-the-genome-epigenome-editing-for-biological-lesbian-motherhood/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Queering the genome: epigenome editing for biological lesbian motherhood' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/02/29/queering-the-genome-epigenome-editing-for-biological-lesbian-motherhood/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/assisted-reproductive-technology/" rel="category tag">Assisted reproductive technology</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/bioethics/" rel="category tag">Bioethics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/gene-editing/" rel="category tag">Gene editing</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/02/29/queering-the-genome-epigenome-editing-for-biological-lesbian-motherhood/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4558 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4558">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4540 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-bioethics category-gene-editing category-research-ethics" id="post-4540"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/01/17/ethics-first-reform-for-medical-research-in-china-from-reactive-to-proactive/" rel="bookmark">“Ethics first” reform for medical research in China: from reactive to proactive</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/01/17/ethics-first-reform-for-medical-research-in-china-from-reactive-to-proactive/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-01-17T13:30:13+01:00">January 17, 2024</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='“Ethics first” reform for medical research in China: from reactive to proactive' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/01/17/ethics-first-reform-for-medical-research-in-china-from-reactive-to-proactive/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Jingyi Xu, Zhongxuan Liu, Jiayou Shi, Yue Wang. The 2018 CRISPR-babies incident, involving the controversial editing of human genomes, significantly impacted China’s approach to the ethics governance in medical research. The event underscored the need for a shift from a reactive, post hoc framework to a more proactive and anticipatory model. As a global […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/01/17/ethics-first-reform-for-medical-research-in-china-from-reactive-to-proactive/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='“Ethics first” reform for medical research in China: from reactive to proactive' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/01/17/ethics-first-reform-for-medical-research-in-china-from-reactive-to-proactive/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/bioethics/" rel="category tag">Bioethics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/gene-editing/" rel="category tag">Gene editing</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/research-ethics/" rel="category tag">Research Ethics</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/01/17/ethics-first-reform-for-medical-research-in-china-from-reactive-to-proactive/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4540 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4540">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4443 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-epigenetics category-gene-editing" id="post-4443"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/02/addressing-the-current-research-gap-on-the-ethical-evaluation-of-epigenome-editing/" rel="bookmark">Addressing the current research gap on the ethical evaluation of epigenome editing</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/02/addressing-the-current-research-gap-on-the-ethical-evaluation-of-epigenome-editing/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-08-02T21:49:39+01:00">August 2, 2023</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Addressing the current research gap on the ethical evaluation of epigenome editing' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/02/addressing-the-current-research-gap-on-the-ethical-evaluation-of-epigenome-editing/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Karla Alex and Eva C. Winkler. Epigenome editing is a new research tool that has many potential applications in medicine but has not yet received much attention from ethicists. Our new article in Journal of Medical Ethics addresses this gap and proposes criteria for the assessments of risks of genome editing versus epigenome editing. […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/02/addressing-the-current-research-gap-on-the-ethical-evaluation-of-epigenome-editing/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Addressing the current research gap on the ethical evaluation of epigenome editing' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/02/addressing-the-current-research-gap-on-the-ethical-evaluation-of-epigenome-editing/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/epigenetics/" rel="category tag">Epigenetics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/gene-editing/" rel="category tag">Gene editing</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/08/02/addressing-the-current-research-gap-on-the-ethical-evaluation-of-epigenome-editing/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4443 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4443">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4412 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-distributive-justice category-gene-editing" id="post-4412"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/" rel="bookmark">Why we can almost guarantee that genetic enhancement will never be fairly distributed</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-06-06T12:42:47+01:00">June 6, 2023</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Why we can almost guarantee that genetic enhancement will never be fairly distributed' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Sinead Prince. We’ve been discussing the possibility of genetic enhancement, and the ethics of such technology, for some time now. Many people are quite cautious about the idea of genetically modifying embryos as well as adults, but others have begun waving the green flag rigorously. Genetic enhancement is the modification of genes using technologies […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Why we can almost guarantee that genetic enhancement will never be fairly distributed' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/distributive-justice/" rel="category tag">Distributive justice</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/gene-editing/" rel="category tag">Gene editing</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2023/06/06/why-we-can-almost-guarantee-that-genetic-enhancement-will-never-be-fairly-distributed/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4412 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4412">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4321 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-gene-editing category-genetics category-research-ethics category-uncategorized" id="post-4321"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2022/08/22/developing-a-practical-resource-to-improve-the-ethical-standing-of-gene-therapy-trials/" rel="bookmark">Developing a practical resource to improve the ethical standing of gene therapy trials</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2022/08/22/developing-a-practical-resource-to-improve-the-ethical-standing-of-gene-therapy-trials/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2022-08-22T05:51:03+01:00">August 22, 2022</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Developing a practical resource to improve the ethical standing of gene therapy trials' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2022/08/22/developing-a-practical-resource-to-improve-the-ethical-standing-of-gene-therapy-trials/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Rosie Munday, Hugh Davies and Stephanie Jones with Oxford “A” Health Research Authority Research Ethics Committee Oxford “A” NHS REC is one of the four UK Research Ethics Committees flagged to review gene therapy proposals. Following the philosopher Mary Warnock’s sage advice “I do not believe you can make moral judgements unless, as far […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2022/08/22/developing-a-practical-resource-to-improve-the-ethical-standing-of-gene-therapy-trials/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Developing a practical resource to improve the ethical standing of gene therapy trials' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2022/08/22/developing-a-practical-resource-to-improve-the-ethical-standing-of-gene-therapy-trials/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/gene-editing/" rel="category tag">Gene editing</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/genetics/" rel="category tag">Genetics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/research-ethics/" rel="category tag">Research Ethics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2022/08/22/developing-a-practical-resource-to-improve-the-ethical-standing-of-gene-therapy-trials/#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="4321 https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/?p=4321">Leave a comment</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-4224 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-gene-editing category-genetics category-uncategorized" id="post-4224"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2021/10/11/heritable-human-genome-editing-who-decides-science-or-society/" rel="bookmark">Heritable human genome editing: Who decides? Science or society?</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2021/10/11/heritable-human-genome-editing-who-decides-science-or-society/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2021-10-11T21:00:40+01:00">October 11, 2021</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Heritable human genome editing: Who decides? Science or society?' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2021/10/11/heritable-human-genome-editing-who-decides-science-or-society/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Françoise Baylis Many describe the move from bench to bedside (from basic science to therapeutic or preventive applications) as a sprint – a short quick race. Others suggest that the race (such as it is) is more like hurdles given the many obstacles that must be overcome. Still others prefer to think of the […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2021/10/11/heritable-human-genome-editing-who-decides-science-or-society/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Heritable human genome editing: Who decides? 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A response to Kleiderman, Ravitsky and Knoppers</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2019/10/22/is-the-serious-factor-in-germline-modification-really-relevant-a-response-to-kleiderman-ravitsky-and-knoppers/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2019-10-22T04:05:22+01:00">October 22, 2019</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Is the "serious" factor in germline modification really relevant? A response to Kleiderman, Ravitsky and Knoppers' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2019/10/22/is-the-serious-factor-in-germline-modification-really-relevant-a-response-to-kleiderman-ravitsky-and-knoppers/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Iñigo de Miguel Beriain Is the “serious” factor in germline modification relevant? This seems a relevant question in the germline gene editing debate. Of course, at first glance, one tends to choose an affirmative answer immediately. It seems common sense to think that sophisticated technology should be used only when we are faced with […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2019/10/22/is-the-serious-factor-in-germline-modification-really-relevant-a-response-to-kleiderman-ravitsky-and-knoppers/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Is the "serious" factor in germline modification really relevant? 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Why China?</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2018/12/06/he-jiankuis-genetic-misadventure-why-him-why-china/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2018-12-06T06:10:11+01:00">December 6, 2018</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='He Jiankui’s Genetic Misadventure: Why Him? Why China?' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2018/12/06/he-jiankuis-genetic-misadventure-why-him-why-china/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>By Jing-Bao Nie This post first appeared on The Hastings Center Forum on 5 December, 2018. The birth of gene-edited twin girls was announced by a young Chinese scientist He Jiankui through one of four self-made promotional videos in English on YouTube (a website officially banned in China) on November 25. 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Given the unconventional and inadequate way information has been released by He, and the fact that the research has not had thorough oversight, the facts […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2018/11/29/rogue-scientist-the-human-crispr-experiment/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Rogue scientist: the human CRISPR experiment' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2018/11/29/rogue-scientist-the-human-crispr-experiment/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/gene-editing/" rel="category tag">Gene editing</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/in-the-news/" rel="category tag">In the News</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/category/reproduction/" rel="category 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