In the Spring of 2018, Singapore issued a call for Public Comments on the topic of whether it should repeal the country’s current prohibition against germline modification of embryos and permit an exception for Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy. See the story here and here. ...
Tag: Research Ethics
Questions about Deaths in Cancer Trials using Gene-Altered Cells
posted by: Katherine Drabiak, J.D.
January 9, 2017
This article was originally posted on The Center for Genetics and Society’s site here. In the past month, the media has reported seven patient deaths of subjects enrolled in separate gene therapy clinical trials being conducted by Juno Therapeutics and by Ziopharm Oncology, Inc., both...