Human genome editing after the “CRISPR babies”: the double-pacing problem and collaborative governance
How to ensure the safe, effective, and ethical use of emerging biotechnologies, such as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based genome editing, is a global challenge. The occurrence of the “CRISPR babies” in 2018 publicly brought this issue into sharp focus, and led...
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| description | How to ensure the safe, effective, and ethical use of emerging biotechnologies, such as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based genome editing, is a global challenge. The occurrence of the “CRISPR babies” in 2018 publicly brought this issue into sharp focus, and led to comprehensive regulatory reform in China and various countries around the world. The current article analyzes this event-driven regulatory reform in China by elaborating the most salient provisions designed to prevent risk and protect individual rights, public health, and social morality relating to human genome editing in four important sectors of law: biosecurity law, civil code, criminal law and patent law. This situation highlights that, although regulation is being undertaken, the gaps between the law and advancing technology remain discernible, at both a national and transnational level (i.e., the “double-pacing problem”). Further attention and collaboration will be required to address the ongoing challenges associated with the use of human genome editing. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:81212024-01-25T10:43:50Z http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/8121/ Human genome editing after the “CRISPR babies”: the double-pacing problem and collaborative governance Wang, Leifan Shang, Lijun Zhang, Weiwen 320 Political science 360 Social problems & services; associations 570 Life sciences; biology How to ensure the safe, effective, and ethical use of emerging biotechnologies, such as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based genome editing, is a global challenge. The occurrence of the “CRISPR babies” in 2018 publicly brought this issue into sharp focus, and led to comprehensive regulatory reform in China and various countries around the world. The current article analyzes this event-driven regulatory reform in China by elaborating the most salient provisions designed to prevent risk and protect individual rights, public health, and social morality relating to human genome editing in four important sectors of law: biosecurity law, civil code, criminal law and patent law. This situation highlights that, although regulation is being undertaken, the gaps between the law and advancing technology remain discernible, at both a national and transnational level (i.e., the “double-pacing problem”). Further attention and collaboration will be required to address the ongoing challenges associated with the use of human genome editing. Elsevier 2023-01-26 Article NonPeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/8121/7/1-s2.0-S2588933822000280-main.pdf text en cc_by_4 https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/8121/13/1-s2.0-S2588933822000280-main.pdf Wang, Leifan, Shang, Lijun and Zhang, Weiwen (2023) Human genome editing after the “CRISPR babies”: the double-pacing problem and collaborative governance. Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 5 (1). pp. 8-13. ISSN 2588-9338 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588933822000280?via%3Dihub 10.1016/j.jobb.2022.12.003 |
| spellingShingle | 320 Political science 360 Social problems & services; associations 570 Life sciences; biology Wang, Leifan Shang, Lijun Zhang, Weiwen Human genome editing after the “CRISPR babies”: the double-pacing problem and collaborative governance |
| title | Human genome editing after the “CRISPR babies”: the double-pacing problem and collaborative governance |
| title_full | Human genome editing after the “CRISPR babies”: the double-pacing problem and collaborative governance |
| title_fullStr | Human genome editing after the “CRISPR babies”: the double-pacing problem and collaborative governance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human genome editing after the “CRISPR babies”: the double-pacing problem and collaborative governance |
| title_short | Human genome editing after the “CRISPR babies”: the double-pacing problem and collaborative governance |
| title_sort | human genome editing after the crispr babies the double pacing problem and collaborative governance |
| topic | 320 Political science 360 Social problems & services; associations 570 Life sciences; biology |
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