Françoise Baylis

Oct 24, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Françoise Baylis

By Françoise Baylis, Distinguished Research Professor, Emerita, Dalhousie University A recent change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines contains newly added language that appears to permit the use of genome editing to create genetically modified children. Read complete article© The Conversation -

Oct 24, 2024 | theconversation.com | Françoise Baylis

A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the country on an ethical precipice. The newly added language appears to position the country as the first to explicitly permit the use of genome editing to create genetically modified children. Heritable human genome editing has long been hotly contested, in large part because of its societal and eugenic implications.

Aug 4, 2023 | dal.ca | Françoise Baylis |Jocelyn Downie

Françoise Baylis is Distinguished Research Professor, Emerita at Dalhousie University and Jocelyn Downie is a Professor in the Faculties of Law and Medicine at Dalhousie University. On June 14, 2023, developmental biologist Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz presented her research on creating human embryos using stem cells at the 2023 annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR).

Jul 27, 2023 | thehansindia.com | Françoise Baylis |Jocelyn Downie

On June 14, 2023, developmental biologist Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz presented her research on creating human embryos using stem cells at the 2023 annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR). This research could increase our understanding of human development and genetic disorders, help us learn how to prevent early miscarriages, lead to improvements in fertility treatment, and — perhaps — eventually allow for reproduction without using sperm and eggs.

Jul 27, 2023 | winnipegfreepress.com | Françoise Baylis |Jocelyn Downie

By: Françoise Baylis, Distinguished Research Professor, Emerita, Dalhousie University and Jocelyn Downie, Professor, Faculties of Law and Medicine, Dalhousie University, The Conversation Print Email Read Later This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Read this article for free: Email Address: Password: I agree to the Terms and...