“Ethics and Human Rights must guide any use of genome editing technologies in human beings”

Following the second International Summit on Human Genome editing and the announcement of the birth of two babies in China following genome intervention, the Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO), representing 47 European states, considers it important to reiterate its Statement on genome editing technologies adopted during its 8th plenary meeting (1-4 December 2015). More...