Following discussions at the three day International Summit on Human Gene Editing, the organising committee has given the approval to scientists in the US to experiment on human genes, so long as it does not result in a pregnancy. The committee called for more international dialogue, recommendations, guidelines and coordination in order to use this life-changing technology for the benefit of human health and welfare, rather than unacceptable and ethically dangerous genetic engineering which might produce so-called ‘designer babies.’ In an interview with Science magazine, Dr David Baltimore, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said that he was “very excited” about the decision by the organisers of the summit to allow
Following discussions at the three day International Summit on Human Gene Editing, the organising committee has given the approval to scientists in the US to experiment on human genes, so long as it does not result in a pregnancy. The committee called for more international dialogue, recommendations, guidelines and coordination in order to use this life-changing technology for the benefit of human health and welfare, rather than unacceptable and ethically dangerous genetic engineering which might produce so-called ‘designer babies.’ However, the author of the article suggests that human trait selection is inevitable.