Additionally, there is a risk that gene therapy could be used to enhance traits or abilities, leading to further inequality. Despite these ethical concerns, gene therapy also offers the potential for tremendous benefit. For individuals with genetic disorders, gene therapy could offer the possibility ...
Analysis: Medical Research: Doctors Struggle with the Ethical Dilemma of Gene Therapy ; despite Controversy and Setbacks, the Pioneering Treatment for Congenital Disorders Remains a Prime Goal of Medical Researchers
When we discuss the ethics of gene therapy, a distinction should be made between somatic (non-reproductive) and germ (reproductive) cell therapies. In this article, we focus on the ethical issues related to prenatal screening for genetic disorders which include autonomy, cost and maternal anxiety...
When we discuss the ethics of gene therapy, a distinction should be made between somatic (non-reproductive) and germ (reproductive) cell therapies. In this article, we focus on the ethical issues related to prenatal screening for genetic disorders which include autonomy, cost and maternal anxiety...
news feature Biology's last taboo Will gene therapy ever extend to inducing changes in humans that can be inherited down through generations? Maybe so, if the concerns over safety can be ironed out. Jonathan Knight considers the technical challenges and the ethical arguments. For a few days in...
Keen to address the ethical concerns, national scientific academies convened an international summit on human gene editing in Washington this month. They concluded with understandable caution that the risks of unpredictable consequences are so great that no one should consider initiating a pregnancy with...
was the use of gene therapy before or after conception. If offers the possibility of curing up to some 10,000 monogenic diseases before they even occur. Of course there are significant ethical questions that are far from being resolved with this technology, but as a doctor...
Most patients with prostate cancer inevitably progress to castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), at which stage chemotherapeutics like docetaxel become the first-line treatment. However, chemotherapy resistance typically develops after an initial p
Given the ethical concerns around genomic information and its use, providers also need to receive training on obtaining informed consent from patients and the management of incidental non-PGx data. Appropriate protocols must be put in place regarding the use of PGx data. To address provider ...
Looking ahead: ethical and social challenges of somatic gene therapy for sickle cell disease in Africa Article Open access 27 November 2023 Ethical challenges for a new generation of early-phase pediatric gene therapy trials Article 07 July 2021 Enhancing pediatric access to cell and gene the...