Building Capacity for a Global Genome Editing Observatory: Conceptual Challenges

Authors

J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Arizona State UniversityFollow
Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard Kennedy SchoolFollow
Krishanu Saha, University of Wisconsin-MadisonFollow
Aziza Ahmed, Northeastern University School of Law
Anthony Appiah, New York University
Elizabeth Bartholet, Harvard Law School
Francoise Baylis, Dalhousie University
Gaymon Bennett, Arizona State University
George Church, Harvard Medical School
I. Glenn Cohen, Harvard Law School
George Daley, Harvard Medical School
Kevin Finneran, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
William Hurlbut, Stanford University School of Medicine
Rudolf Jaenisch, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laurence Lwoff, Council of Europe
John Paul Kimes, Notre Dame Law SchoolFollow
Peter Mills, Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Jacob Moses, Harvard University
Buhm Soon Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
Erik Parens, Hastings Center
Rachel Salzman, ALD Connect
Abha Saxena, World Health Organization
Hilton Simmet, Harvard Kennedy School
Tania Simoncelli, Broad Institute
O. Carter Snead, Notre Dame Law SchoolFollow
Kaushik Sunder Rajan, University of Chicago
Robert D. Truog, Harvard Law School, Boston Children's Hospital
Patricia Williams, Columbia Law School
Christiane Woopen, Research Unit Ethics and CERES, University of Cologne

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

Publication Information

36 Trends Biotechnol. 639 (2018).

Abstract

A new infrastructure is urgently needed at the global level to facilitate exchange on key issues concerning genome editing. We advocate the establishment of a global observatory to serve as a center for international, interdisciplinary, and cosmopolitan reflection.

Comments

This article is the first of a two-part series. See part two.

Recommended Citation

J. B. Hurlbut, Sheila Jasanoff, Krishanu Saha, Aziza Ahmed, Anthony Appiah, Elizabeth Bartholet, Francoise Baylis, Gaymon Bennett, George Church, I. G. Cohen, George Daley, Kevin Finneran, William Hurlbut, Rudolf Jaenisch, Laurence Lwoff, John P. Kimes, Peter Mills, Jacob Moses, Buhm S. Park, Erik Parens, Rachel Salzman, Abha Saxena, Hilton Simmet, Tania Simoncelli, O. C. Snead, Kaushik S. Rajan, Robert D. Truog, Patricia Williams & Christiane Woopen, Building Capacity for a Global Genome Editing Observatory: Conceptual Challenges, 36 Trends Biotechnol. 639 (2018)..
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