Legal and ethical issues in the inheritable genetic modification of humans

该项目旨在调查允许对人类基因组进行可遗传修改的技术的法律和伦理影响。在人类胚胎中使用这些技术正迅速成为国际现实，该项目旨在研究其对澳大利亚的影响。该项目将澄清可遗传基因改造技术在澳大利亚的法律地位，分析这些新技术的伦理，并在此基础上提出监管改革建议，以指导澳大利亚对国际科学和法律发展的反应。这些改革可以改善这些新技术的管理，并指导它们的临床采用。

This project aims to investigate the legal and ethical implications of technologies that allow inheritable modifications of the human genome. The use of these technologies in human embryos is fast becoming an international reality, and this project aims to examine the implications for Australia. The project will clarify the legal status of inheritable genetic modification technologies in Australia, analyse the ethics of these new technologies, and, building on this, recommend regulatory reforms to guide Australia’s response to international scientific and legal developments. These reforms could improve the governance of these new technologies and guide their clinical adoption.