Forensic Psychiatry Unit, Beer Yaakov Mental Health Center, Beer Yaakov, 7032102, Israel.
The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel.
Trends Genet. 2021 Aug;37(8):685-687. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2021.04.013. Epub 2021 May 8.
The characteristics of RNA editing, including the lower risk compared with genome editing, may loosen the ethical barriers that are currently imposed on genetic engineering, thus opening new possibilities for research, therapy, and human enhancement. We should start considering the future ethical and social implications of this new and promising technology.
RNA 编辑的特点,包括与基因组编辑相比风险较低,可能会放宽目前对基因工程施加的伦理障碍,从而为研究、治疗和人类增强开辟新的可能性。我们应该开始考虑这项新的有前途的技术未来的伦理和社会影响。