The Hastings Center
Josephine Johnston’s research focuses on the ethical, legal and social implications of emerging technologies. Her scholarly work has appeared in medical, scientific, policy, law, and bioethics journals. She is co-editor of Human Flourishing in an Age of Gene Editing (Oxford University Press, 2019) and Trust and Integrity in Biomedical Research: The Case of Financial Conflicts of Interest (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010). A lawyer and bioethicist by training, Ms. Johnston is Director of Research and a Research Scholar at The Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institute in Garrison, New York.
Explore the ethical and policy issues that CRISPR gene editing presents in this engaging webinar.
Covers various technologies and their associated ethical issues and governance approaches.
Season 1 - Episode 4
Discusses chimeric research, why it is important to scientific progress, and current recommendations for addressing the ethical and policy issues raised by chimeric research.