De CRISPR Atlas
Ethics
The arguments this technology forces — presented with the strongest case on each side, not a verdict.
8 ethics in the Atlas.
8 weergegeven
Human editing
Germline and heritable genome editingEditing embryos, eggs or sperm would change every cell of a future person and be passed to their descendants…
Human editing
Enhancement and 'designer babies'The question of editing for traits rather than disease — where the science is much weaker than the debate…
Human editing
Disability, difference and the meaning of 'cure'Whether some conditions gene editing could eliminate are diseases to be cured or forms of human variation — a…
Society
Access, cost and global equityA two-million-dollar cure for a disease concentrated in the world's poorest regions is the field's most…
Environment
Gene drives and the environmentEngineered genetic elements designed to spread through a wild population — potentially eliminating malaria…
Security
Biosecurity and dual useTechniques that make medicine cheaper and faster also make misuse cheaper and faster — the unavoidable…
Clinical ethics
Consent for permanent changeWhat informed consent means for a treatment that cannot be stopped, reversed or withdrawn.
Human editing
Human embryo researchEditing embryos in the laboratory, without transfer to a uterus, is permitted in some countries and…
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