Key Policy Statement on Germline Editing Informed by Wellcome Genome Campus Connecting Science

3rd August 2017

Excerpt from press release:

Dr Anna Middleton, Head of the Society and Ethics Research group at Wellcome Genome Campus Connecting Science, and Vice-Chair of the Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors was the UK consultee for this policy. She said:

“This is the first time that the international genetic counselling community has come together to issue a statement about the ethics of genetic research. They work at the coal face of genetics, helping people make sense of the science. It is vital that their voice is heard in policy and we at the Wellcome Genome Campus are extremely pleased to be supporting the views of British genetic counsellors.”

• Full press release on the Connecting Science website

Press Release by Connecting Science, Key Policy Statement on Germline Editing Informed by Wellcome Genome Campus Connecting Science (2017). [online] Available at: https://www.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/news_item/key-policy-statement-on-germline-editing-informed-by-wellcome-genome-campus-connecting-science/ [Accessed 1 December 2017].