Canada’s Prohibition on Altering the Human Genome
Françoise Baylis and Alana Cattapan defend the current prohibition in Canada on making genetic alterations that can be passed on to future generations.
Human genome editing: We should all have a say
Françoise Baylis stresses that decisions about the modification of the human germline should not be made without broad societal consultation.
Human germline genome editing: An ‘impressive’ sleight of hand?
Françoise Baylis wonders how it is that in 14 months (from December 2015 to February 2017), the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Medicine have moved human germline genome editing out of the category ‘irresponsible’ and into the category ‘permissible.’
Nubia – An Ebola Survivor Orphaned by Vaccine Policy
Séverine Caluwaerts and Françoise Baylis lament the fact that in an epidemic as deadly as Ebola, pregnant women were denied access to potentially life-saving vaccination solely on the grounds of pregnancy.
