Opinion on Ethics of Genome Editing by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE)

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Opinion on Ethics of Genome Editing
by the European Group on Ethics in Science and
New Technologies (EGE)*
RECOMMENDATIONS
On the basis of the manifold aspects and potential implications of ge-
nome editing in humans, animals and plants, including a particular attention
to gene drives, outlined and ethically analysed in the preceding chapters,
and noting that the recommendations presented here should not be seen as
an endorsement of specifi c technologies, applications, or application areas,
the EGE recommends to:
1. On overarching matters and concerns
Foster broad and inclusive societal deliberation on genome editing in
all fi elds of application and with a global scope
In its 2016 statement1 the EGE called for an inclusive societal debate
on new genome editing technologies which it deems a pre-condition to
permitting the use of these technologies. It recommends that genome editing
should not be applied without a general agreement resulting from informed
Opinion No. 32, Brussels, Belgium, 19 March 2021.
Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/fi les/research_and_innovation/ege/
ege_ethics_of_genome_editing-opinion_publication.pdf
Members of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies-EGE:
Christiane WOOPEN (Chair), Herman NYS (Deputy Chair), Siobhán O’SULLIVAN (Deputy Chair),
Emmanuel AGIUS, Anne CAMBON-THOMSEN, Ana Sofi a CARVALHO, Eugenijus GEFENAS, Julian
KINDERLERER, Andreas KURTZ, Jonathan MONTGOMERY, Laura PALAZZANI, Barbara PRAINSACK, Carlos
Maria ROMEO CASABONA, Nils-Eric SAHLIN and Marcel Jeroen VAN DEN HOVEN.
1 EGE, Statement on Gene Editing, 2016 Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/
info/fi les/research_and_innovation/ege/gene_editing_ege_st atement.pdf
Rev Der Gen H Núm. 54/2021: 205-215

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