The Consent Form in the Chinese CRISPR Study: In Search of Ethical Gene Editing

This editorial provides an ethical analysis of the consent materials and other documents relating to the recent creation and birth of twin girls who had their genes edited using CRISPR-cas9 in a controversial Chinese research study. It also examines the “draft ethical principles” published by the le...

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Autor principal: Shaw, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Singapore 2020
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Guest Editorial
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7223878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31900853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-019-09953-x
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Sumario:This editorial provides an ethical analysis of the consent materials and other documents relating to the recent creation and birth of twin girls who had their genes edited using CRISPR-cas9 in a controversial Chinese research study. It also examines the “draft ethical principles” published by the leader of the research study. The results of the analysis further intensify serious ethical concerns about the conduct of this study. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s11673-019-09953-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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