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Making sense of it all: Ethical reflections on the conditions surrounding the first genome-edited babies

2021-06-23

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In November 2018 the birth of the first genome-edited human beings was announced by Chinese scientist, He Jiankui. The ensuing ethical controversy, institutional investigations and legal proceedings led to the revision of standards, rules and procedures at many levels. Arguably, however, these developments have not fundamentally changed the conditions or the culture that nourished He Jiankui’s vaulting ambition in...

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Literature Corpus work: 4f442da1-007c-557a-a1e2-a4b0fb60d4a1
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16295.2

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