Building Capacity for a Global Genome Editing Observatory: Institutional Design

• Main Authors: Saha, Krishanu (Author), Hurlbut, J. Benjamin (Author), Jasanoff, Sheila (Author), Ahmed, Aziza (Author), Appiah, Anthony (Author), Bartholet, Elizabeth (Author), Baylis, Françoise (Author), Bennett, Gaymon (Author), Church, George (Author), Cohen, I. Glenn (Author), Daley, George (Author), Finneran, Kevin (Author), Hurlbut, William (Author), Jaenisch, Rudolf (Author), Lwoff, Laurence (Author), Kimes, John Paul (Author), Mills, Peter (Author), Moses, Jacob (Author), Park, Buhm Soon (Author), Parens, Erik (Author), Salzman, Rachel (Author), Saxena, Abha (Author), Simmet, Hilton (Author), Simoncelli, Tania (Author), Snead, O. Carter (Author), Rajan, Kaushik Sunder (Author), Truog, Robert D. (Author), Williams, Patricia (Author), Woopen, Christiane (Author)
• Other Authors: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV, 2020-05-21T13:43:21Z.
• Subjects: Article
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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 second of a two-part series. Keywords: CRISPR; genome editing; bioethics; science policy; science and technology studies; ethics.