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Human embryos, genome editing and future directions
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posted on 2023-05-24, 05:16 authored by Tess WhittonTess Whitton, Dianne NicolDianne Nicol, Donald ChalmersDonald ChalmersTo use human embryos outside of the ordinary course of nature is exceptional. Although it raises profound ethical, legal and social questions, it is also full of potential. Examples of this potential include: assisting women to become pregnant when they might not otherwise be able; assisting parents to have healthy children; and creating treatments for life threatening diseases. It is easy to forget in today's rapidly evolving technical world that it is only 388 years since the first IVF baby was born. Over those past four decades, people all over the world have discussed the appropriate research use of human embryos and, indeed, whether such use is appropriate at all. The issue is not only what is appropriate but how the law should regulate some research applications that use human embryos and prohibit others. Today, with the creation of new genome editing techniques, potentially allowing us to change traits, including those that we pass down to our children, it is time to reflect and reassess the tensions and traumas caused by use of human embryos in research.
Funding
Australian Research Council
History
Publication title
Tensions and traumas in health lawEditors
I Freckelton, K PetersenPagination
384-400ISBN
9781760021498Department/School
Menzies Institute for Medical ResearchPublisher
The Federation PressPlace of publication
AustraliaExtent
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