MEDIA ADVISORY: New recommendations on human genome editing; VPC on Monday, 12 July at 1300 CEST

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No images? Click here Thursday, 8 July, 2021  MEDIA ADVISORY New recommendations on human genome editing Virtual press conference, Monday 12 July from 13.00 to 14.00 CEST On 12 July 2021, WHO will launch two new companion reports providing the first global recommendations to help ensure that human genome editing is used for public health, with an emphasis on safety, effectiveness and ethics. The forward-looking new reports result from the first broad, global consultation looking at somatic, germline and heritable human genome editing One report focuses on a new governance framework that identifies specific tools, institutions and scenarios to illustrate practical challenges in implementing, regulating and overseeing research into the human genome whilst the second report focuses on recommendation both specific to human genome editing and broader systemic issues that need to be considered to enable the effective implementation of the potential of human genome editing technologies. The reports are a result of the work of WHO Advisory Committee on Human Genome Editing established in December 2018. The Reports and the press release, embargoed until 14.00 CEST on 12 July, are available upon request.  If you wish to receive a copy, please write to jasarevict@who.int   Please note that at this stage embargoed material is provided to journalists ONLY. All documents will be published live on Monday on WHO website at 14:00 CEST Virtual press conference: Monday, 12 July at 13:00 CEST Opening remarks: Dr Soumya Swaminathan, WHO Chief Scientist Dr Margaret Hamburg, Co-Chair, former Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and former Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Medicine, United States of America Speakers: Professor Francoise Baylis, Dalhousie University, Canada Professor Maneesha S. Inamdar, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India Professor Kazuto Kato, Osaka University, Japan Professor Robin Lovell Badge, The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom Professor Anne Wangari Thairu-Muigai, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya Join via Zoom https://who-e.zoom.us/j/94673849210 Passcode: geVPCnome Webinar ID: 946 7384 9210 Numeric Passcode for phone access: 563902751 International numbers available: https://who-e.zoom.us/u/abqVkKRomX   Media contacts: Tarik Jašarević Spokesperson WHO News and Media jasarevict@who.int       You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Do not reply to media@campaign.who.int as it is an unmonitored mailbox. Journalists may write to mediainquiries@who.int.       Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe