Influencing Policy
- 20 December 20188.6 min read
Hayley Clissold from the Sanger Institute's policy team team explores the issues surrounding gene editing and human embryos
- 11 December 20184.2 min read
Evidence is a vital part of policy-making - but it's by no means the only part. We look at how scientists can get involved and make a difference.
- 6 December 20186.6 min read
Our Policy Lead, Sarion Bowers, explores the extraordinary claims that the world’s first genome edited babies have been born.
- 29 November 20184.7 min read
Anna Middleton, Head of the Society and Ethics research group at Wellcome Genome Campus Connecting Science, reports on Prof He Jiankiu's unverified announcement of gene editing the first human embryos that have been born
- 9 November 20184.2 min read
The idea that we should benefit from scientific advancement is something we may never have thought of as human right, yet the Universal Declaration of Human Rights firmly makes the case that it is everyone's right, regardless of education, wealth or background, explains Sarion Bowers
- 20 June 20186.8 min read
Now is the time for scientists to strike a deal everyone that benefits society as well as research, argue Anna Middleton, Vivienne Parry and Julian Borra