Open AccessEthical issues of CRISPR technology and gene editing through the lens of solidarity
Author(s) -
John J. Mulvihill,
Benjamin Capps,
Yann Joly,
Tamra Lysaght,
Hub Zwart,
Ruth Chadwick
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
british medical bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.08
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1471-8391
pISSN - 0007-1420
DOI - 10.1093/bmb/ldx002
Subject(s) - crispr , eugenics , solidarity , political science , transhumanism , engineering ethics , biology , environmental ethics , genetics , law , gene , engineering , politics , philosophy
The avalanche of commentaries on CRISPR-Cas9 technology, a bacterial immune system modified to recognize any short DNA sequence, cut it out, and insert a new one, has rekindled hopes for gene therapy and other applications and raised criticisms of engineering genes in future generations.
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