Global Observatory
for Genome Editing
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Genome editing raises fundamental questions about the dignity and integrity of human life.
Our mission
Resources
A curated collection of work centrally related to genome editing and other technologies bearing on the human future.
Perspectives
Commentaries and research illuminating diverse approaches to governing technologies that could alter the meaning of being human.
Convenings
Convenings organized by the Observatory to promote border-crossing exchanges on science, technology, and the human future.
Featured Convening
On May 21-23, 2025, the Global Observatory for Genome Editing will host an international summit to complement the three International Summits on Human Genome Editing held in 2015, 2018, and 2023.
Featured Collection
Where do we draw the line between a cluster of cells and a human being? The ‘14-day rule’ concerning embryo research is one result of a long process to determine just that.