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January 8, 2020

Hastings Responds to Prison Sentence for Rogue Gene Editing Researcher

Hastings Center scholars explained the implications of the prison sentence for He Jiankui, the rogue Chinese scientist who created the world’s first gene-edited babies. “If He Jiankui had been a U.S. scientist, his alleged misleading of research participants and forging an ethics approval would have been considered unethical, and he would likely have been subject to sanctions from his employer,” wrote Hastings Center director of research Josephine Johnston in Stat News. Read the commentary. Johnston was also interviewed by BBC World News. Hastings Center president Mildred Solomon tweeted that “in addition to holding individual renegades accountable, we should also integrate ethics education into the PhD preparation of all life science & bioengineering doctoral students." And Hastings Center Fellow Renzong Qiu and another a Chinese bioethicist broke the news in Hastings Bioethics Forum that China is drafting a law to address the ethical issues raised by heritable genome editing. “We believe that the public has the right to know more” than has been reported in China, they wrote. Read the essay.

 
 

Expert in Artificial Intelligence Named Hastings Senior Advisor

Gretchen Greene, an internationally recognized expert artificial intelligence policy and ethics, including face and emotion recognition, has been named a senior advisor to The Hastings Center. Greene has worked with governments around the world on developing best practices for AI and ethics. “Gretchen will help The Hastings Center examine and address the ethics of AI in our society, with a particular emphasis on its applications in health and health care,” says Hastings Center president Mildred Solomon. Read more.

 

Become a Visiting Scholar at The Hastings Center


Applications are due by February 1 for visiting scholar residencies between May 1 and August 31. The Hastings Center welcomes scholars in all disciplines and practitioners from health care, law, education, journalism and other fields to do independent research on bioethics. Undergraduates can apply for the Emily Murray Student Scholarship. Learn more about the program and apply here.

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