The gene-editing experiment on human embryos resulting in the birth of the first gene-edited twin girls, possibly conducted in China by the researcher He Jiunkai, has shocked the entire scientific community. The ARRIGE Steering Committee wants to express its stern condemnation of these experiments, apparently carried out with no required ethics oversight, review and approval, and without institutional authorizations and permission from authorities. Furthermore, we consider unacceptable from an ethically standpoint the unnecessary high risk this researcher has transferred to these newborns, whose health status will have to be monitored the rest of their lives, including their descendants...
(Statement from ARRIGE Steering Committee )
Mylène Botbol-Baum, member of both ARRIGE and HELESI
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