Human Genome Editing: WHO’s New Recommendations
On 12th July, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) released two companion reports that provide advice and the first global recommendations on appropriate institutional, national, regional and global governance mechanisms for human genome editing.
Background
- In December 2018, the WHO established a global, multidisciplinary expert advisory committee (the WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing) to examine the scientific, ethical, social and legal challenges associated with human genome editing (somatic, germline and heritable) and make suitable recommendations on various aspects of human genome editing.
- The committee came up with a governance framework ....
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