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New book edited by Hastings Center scholars explores fundamental questions about the nature and well-being of human beings at a time when a revolutionary new biotechnology could permanently change the human species.
HASTINGS CENTER NEWS
The Hastings Center is a collaborator on a major new federally funded center – the Center for ELSI Resources and Analysis — that will fill a void in genetics research by collecting and sharing information about its ethical, legal, and social (ELSI) implications. This resource hub, the first of its kind, will enable people grappling… Read more
Hastings Investigators: Josephine Johnston and Carolyn Neuhaus Principal Investigators: Mildred Cho, Stanford University, and Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Columbia University Funder: National Human Genome Research Institute The Hastings Center is a collaborator on a new center – the Center for ELSI Resources and Analysis — that will fill a void in genetics research by collecting… Read more
Writing in Scientific American’s blog, Hastings Center President Mildred Solomon called for new public forums and strategies for discussing the ethical implications of editing the human genome in ways that can be passed down to future generations.
IN THE MEDIA
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced the final public charge rule, which revises the interpretation of “public charge” in the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the Final Rule, DHS may find applicants ineligible for a visa for admission to the U.S. or a green card granting legal permanent resident status if it determines… Read more
BIOETHICS FORUM ESSAY
Edited by Erik Parens and Josephine Johnston Oxford University Press, 2019 International uproar followed the recent announcement of the birth of twin girls whose genomes had been edited with a breakthrough DNA editing-technology. This technology, called clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome repeats or CRISPR-Cas9, can alter any DNA, including DNA in embryos, meaning that changes… Read more
With no treatment or cure for dementia in sight, Hastings Center research scholar Nancy Berlinger writes in Stat about what communities around the world are doing to become more welcoming of people with dementia and their caregivers. Berlinger directs the Center’s Bioethics for Aging Societies: Informing Policy and Practice project.
What would it take for the first case of gene editing of a human embryo, egg, or sperm to proceed in the U.S.? Many legal and ethical hurdles involving clinical trials, for starters.
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