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UID:https://www.otago.ac.nz/bioethics/news/past-events/bioethics-seminar-beyond-safety-ethical-issues-in-gene-editing
URL:https://www.otago.ac.nz/bioethics/news/past-events/bioethics-seminar-beyond-safety-ethical-issues-in-gene-editing
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20170921T130000
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SUMMARY:Bioethics Seminar | Beyond safety: Ethical issues in gene editing
DESCRIPTION:We now have the ability to edit human genes. In fact, just last month, scientists announced that they had edited genes in human embryos to repair a common and serious disease-causing mutation. Significant questions remain, however, about just how safe and effective new gene editing tools are. In addition, a number of moral concerns beyond safety have been raised in response to gene editing, including that humans risk playing God or inappropriately altering nature.   In this talk, I will describe some of these “non-safety” concerns and ask what, if any, place those have in public deliberation and science policy.  Speaker: Josephine Johnston  

LOCATION:Bioethics Seminar Room, Level one, 71 Frederick Street (entry on Frederick Street. Also video-linked Christchurch and Wellington Campus.
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