The unexpected and unanticipated announcement of the “world’s first” gene edited babies: breaching, repairing and strengthening community boundaries

The 2018 announcement that the world’s first babies had been born following gene editing was unexpected and unanticipated. In this article, we focus on the reaction to the announcement and explore how this revealed implicit and explicit assumptions about the role and responsibilities of scientists a...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Dimond, Jamie Lewis, Alice Sumner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-01-01
Series:New Genetics and Society
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2022.2155124