The most pressing issues in bioethics
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By The Medical Futurist
Who owns medical and genetic data? How to regulate gene editing? Where is the boundary of enhancing physical or cognitive human capabilities? What to do with biological differences widening the gap of the haves and have-nots? Could we define where the boundary is to augment life? Will we sue robots or algorithms for medical malpractice? With the constant advancement of technology, unprecedented moral, ethical and legal concerns are surfacing.
Channelling them into substantial debates will get us closer to their fair solution step by step. Here, we collected the most pressing issues in bioethics.
Bioethicists of the world, unite!
In November 2018, a scientist in China claimed to have edited a gene in two human embryos and implanted them in their mother’s womb, resulting in the birth of genetically altered twin girls. The case caused international outrage in scientific circles, and a couple of months later, many scientists called for a global moratorium on gene...
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