Ethics of germline genome editing to prevent genetic diseases from an Islamic perspective

• Main Authors: Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed, Chin, Alexis Heng Boon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Progress Educational Trust (PET) 2024
• Subjects: BPK Islamic law. Shari'ah. Fiqh; KBP490 Furūʻ al-fiqh. Substantive law. Branches of law.; RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/110843/3/110843_Ethics%20of%20germline%20genome%20editing%20to%20prevent%20genetic%20diseases.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/110843/; https://www.progress.org.uk/ethics-of-germline-genome-editing-to-prevent-genetic-diseases-from-an-islamic-perspective/

In 2018, Dr He Jiankui announced he created the world's first genome-edited babies (BioNews 977), which sparked a call for a five-year moratorium on germline genome editing. As this moratorium ends, it is timely to ask how do we progress from here?