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The ethics of germline gene editing
- Abstract:
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Germline Gene Editing (GGE) has enormous potential both as a research tool and a therapeutic intervention. While other types of gene editing are relatively uncontroversial, GGE has been strongly resisted. In this article, we analyse the ethical arguments for and against pursuing GGE by allowing and funding its development. We argue there is a strong case for pursuing GGE for the prevention of disease. We then examine objections that have been raised against pursuing GGE and argue that these f...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Applied Philosophy Journal website
- Volume:
- 34
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 498-513
- Publication date:
- 2016-11-09
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-10-03
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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1468-5930
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:652294
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uuid:d483e5fb-495c-4180-9383-efb384674d38
- Local pid:
- pubs:652294
- Deposit date:
- 2016-10-13
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- Copyright holder:
- Gyngell et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © 2016 The Authors. Journal of Applied Philosophy published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of Society for Applied Philosophy. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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