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Hamburg to co-chair WHO human genome editing committee

February 14, 2019 8:02 PM UTC

Margaret Hamburg will co-chair a newly formed WHO advisory committee to develop global standards for human genome editing governance.

The WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing will cover scientific, ethical, social and legal concerns of the technology and is scheduled to hold its first meeting March 18-19 in Geneva. ...

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