Hastings Cent Rep. 2022 Mar;52(2):10-14. doi: 10.1002/hast.1350.
The World Health Organization's recent Report on Human Genome Editing departs from similar reports from other institutions in that it recognizes that ethical assessments of the technology are deeply complex, surprisingly fragile, and subject to practical and political considerations. The WHO report largely recommends that human genome editing, rather than being accepted in some circumstances and banned in others, should be handled with care. The report recommends some oversight mechanisms-such as intellectual property licensing-previously undiscussed or underexplored in sister reports, and it recognizes that others-like international law-may be impractical. This essay explores how the report has shifted global considerations of governing human genome editing to more pragmatic ends.
世界卫生组织最近发布的人类基因组编辑报告与其他机构的类似报告不同，它认识到对该技术的伦理评估非常复杂，出人意料地脆弱，并受到实际和政治因素的影响。世卫组织的报告在很大程度上建议，人类基因组编辑不应该被接受或禁止，而应该谨慎处理。该报告建议了一些监督机制，如知识产权许可，这在以前的姐妹报告中没有讨论或探讨过，它认识到其他机制，如国际法，可能不切实际。本文探讨了该报告如何将全球对人类基因组编辑的治理考虑转移到更务实的目标上来。
