Plumbers and teachers are invited to share their views on designer babies and genetically enhanced potatoes as part of a citizens’ assembly on ‘re-engineering’ the human species

18th September 2020

Article summary:

• Scientists says people in non-scientific jobs should be consulted on gene editing
• Implications of the technology are ‘too profound’ for it to be left solely to experts
• A Chinese researcher was jailed last year for creating genetically altered babies
• It’s feared gene editing methods  can cause genetic defects and weaken humans

• Full article on The Daily Mail's website

Chadwick, J 2020. Plumbers and teachers are invited to share their views on designer babies and genetically enhanced potatoes as part of a citizens' assembly on 're-engineering' the human species. Mail Online [Online]. 18th September. Available at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8748485/Gene-editing-Citizens-assembly-planned-engineering-human-species.html [Accessed: 28 September 2019]