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As part of its curating function, the Global Observatory collects, summarizes, and sorts resources relevant to the ethics and governance of emerging biotechnologies. Use the “Search and Filter” box on the left side of the page to navigate the resources in this database.


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2022-04
Smriti Mallapaty
This news item from Nature describes a new ethics statement from the State Council of China. Bioethicists read this statement as a response to the He Jiankui affair and his recent release from prison following a three-year sentence.
Go to Source: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01051-0

2022-02
Morgan Meyer
In an analysis based largely on the proceedings of the first two International Summits on Human Genome Editing, Morgan Meyer theorizes the process of “irresponsibilization.” Much of this theorization revolves around He Jiankui’s experiments and how they spurred responses and calls for further action
Go to Source: https://doi.org/10.1177/03063127211025631

2021-12
Michael K. Gusmano , Gregory E. Kaebnick , Karen J. Maschke , Carolyn P. Neuhaus , Ben Curran Wills
This is the introduction to a special report from the Hastings Center on public deliberation about gene editing, specifically as it is used to modify organisms that are then released into the wild.
Go to Source: https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1314

2021-12
Christine Mummery , Eric Anthony
The authors, President and Director of Policy at ISSCR, provide an overview of the updates and rationale for the changes suggested in the 2021 ISSCR guidelines.
Go to Source: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-021-00429-8