An international group of experts will meet in UK next week for a three day summit, to discuss the safeguarding parameters of gene-editing. Although it is illegal in many countries to genetically modify a human embryo that will become a human, the new technology has a wide variety of uses and benefits, for example preventing devastating genetic disorders and creating disease resistant crops and malaria-free mosquitoes. However, there are serious concerns that gene-editing could be used for creating ‘designer babies’ or that women would be implanted with GM embryos as part of research projects.
An international group of experts will meet in Washington DC next week for a three day summit, to discuss the safeguarding parameters of gene-editing. Although it is illegal in many countries to genetically modify a human embryo that will become a human, the new technology has a wide variety of uses and benefits, for example preventing devastating genetic disorders and creating disease resistant crops and malaria-free mosquitoes. However, there are serious concerns that gene-editing could be used for creating ‘designer babies’ or that women would be implanted with GM embryos as part of research projects.