Krishan Kewal, Kanchan Tanuj, Singh Bahadur
Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Sector-14, Chandigarh, India.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, India.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2016 Apr;22(2):597-9. doi: 10.1007/s11948-015-9675-8. Epub 2015 Jul 8.
Editing human germline genes may act as boon in some genetic and other disorders. Recent editing of the genome of the human embryo with the CRISPR/Cas9 editing tool generated a debate amongst top scientists of the world for the ethical considerations regarding its effect on the future generations. It needs to be seen as to what transformation human gene editing brings to humankind in the times to come.
编辑人类种系基因在某些遗传和其他疾病中可能是一件好事。最近使用CRISPR/Cas9编辑工具对人类胚胎基因组进行编辑,引发了世界顶尖科学家之间关于其对后代影响的伦理考量的争论。需要看看人类基因编辑在未来会给人类带来怎样的变革。