As genome editing moves from the lab into the clinic, the ethical debate can no longer be hypothetic
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By Karen Yeung, Chair, Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Party and Peter Mills, Assistant Director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Designer babies have featured in media headlines following the publication in July of a landmark report, Genome editing and human reproduction: social and ethical issues, by the UK’s highly respected Nuffield Council on Bioethics. These headlines may catch the eye, but they do not do justice to the much more nuanced discussion that the Nuffield Council’s report...
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