Building Capacity for a Global Genome Editing Observatory: Conceptual Challenges

• Published in: Trends in biotechnology (Regular ed.) Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. 639 - 641
• Main Authors: Hurlbut, J. Benjamin, Jasanoff, Sheila, Saha, Krishanu, Ahmed, Aziza, Appiah, Anthony, Bartholet, Elizabeth, Baylis, Françoise, Bennett, Gaymon, Church, George, Cohen, I. Glenn, Daley, George, Finneran, Kevin, Hurlbut, William, Jaenisch, Rudolf, Lwoff, Laurence, Kimes, John Paul, Mills, Peter, Moses, Jacob, Park, Buhm Soon, Parens, Erik, Salzman, Rachel, Saxena, Abha, Simmet, Hilton, Simoncelli, Tania, Snead, O. Carter, Rajan, Kaushik Sunder, Truog, Robert D., Williams, Patricia, Woopen, Christiane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-07-2018; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Bioethical Issues; Bioethics; Biology; CRISPR; Cultural differences; Editing; Editorials; ethics; Federal regulation; gene editing; Gene Editing - ethics; Gene Editing - legislation & jurisprudence; Genome editing; Genomes; Humans; Interdisciplinary aspects; Life sciences; Religion; Reproductive technologies; science and technology studies; science policy; Society; Values; United States > US; CRISPR; science policy; science and technology studies; ethics; gene editing; bioethics
• ISSN: 0167-7799; 1879-3096; 1879-3096
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.04.009

A new infrastructure is urgently needed at the global level to facilitate exchange on key issues concerning genome editing. We advocate the establishment of a global observatory to serve as a center for international, interdisciplinary, and cosmopolitan reflection. This article is the first of a two-part series.