BBC NEWS ONLINE: Would you hack your own body?

  • John Harris

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"There is a continuum between therapy and enhancement and it is difficult to draw the line between where medicine ends and enhancement begins," said Prof John Harris, an ethicist from the University of Manchester.

"As for gene editing the tools are available and relatively cheap and easy to use, but people would be extremely ill-advised to try it."

Period3 Mar 2018

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  • TitleWould you hack your own body?
    Media name/outletBBC News Online
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date3/03/18
    Description"There is a continuum between therapy and enhancement and it is difficult to draw the line between where medicine ends and enhancement begins," said Prof John Harris, an ethicist from the University of Manchester.

    "As for gene editing the tools are available and relatively cheap and easy to use, but people would be extremely ill-advised to try it."
    URLwww.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42887405
    PersonsJohn Harris
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Keywords

  • ethics
  • gene editing
  • body hacking