A New Challenge in Research Ethics?
Last November, news from China shook the research community. Scientist, He Jiankui claimed he had edited the genomes of twin girls with the CRISPR/Cas technology. Effy Vayena, Professor of Bioethics at ETH Zurich, and Hantao Zhao, a Chinese PhD student at Disney Research and the Chair of Cognitive Science at ETH Zurich, discuss the ethical implications of this case. Does the nationality of researchers play a role in ethical views and how does global competition in science influence ethical decisions?
<a href="http://www.itm.ethz.ch/research/bioethics-and-politics.html">http://www.itm.ethz.ch/research/bioethics-and-politics.html</a>
<a href="https://n.ethz.ch/~hazhao/">https://n.ethz.ch/~hazhao/</a>
Produced by This Wachter's Audio Story Lab and Jennifer Khakshouri.
Music, Sound Design and Mastering by Luki Fretz.

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