WHO Recommends Global Gene Editing Database
(Worthy News) – The World Health Organization is recommending the creation of a global database to track “any form of genetic manipulation,” with the goal of preventing unscrupulous or dangerous experimentation.
The recommendations come from a group of experts formed in 2018 after Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced he had created genetically edited babies that were immune from HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. He was found guilty in December 2019 of conducting “illegal medical practices” and sentenced by a Chinese court to three years in prison.
WHO said all genome editing should be made public and recommends a whistleblowing system in which scientists could report unreported genome editing. [ Source: VOA News (Read More…) ]
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