An 18-member committee of scientific experts, set up by WHO (WHO), is set to meet in next month to create recommendations for the transparent and responsible use of gene-editing technology. It follows the revelation by China 's He Jiankui that he used the technology to produce HIV-resistant twin girls. The World Health Organization established a new committee to set guidelines for scientists editing human DNA, just months after the controversial births of the world’s first gene-edited babies in China. It is hoped the the World Health Organization committee's guidelines will lead to an international framework for scientists working in gene-editing, particularly in US , where there is less regulatory and ethical oversight, compared with countries such as the China .
An 18-member committee of scientific experts, set up by WHO (WHO), is set to meet in next month to create recommendations for the transparent and responsible use of gene-editing technology. It follows the revelation by China 's He Jiankui that he used the technology to produce HIV-resistant twin girls. It is hoped the the World Health Organization committee's guidelines will lead to an international framework for scientists working in gene-editing, particularly in US , where there is less regulatory and ethical oversight, compared with countries such as the China .