Human germline gene editing from maslahah perspective: The case of the world's first gene edited babies

• Main Author: Isa, Noor Munirah
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer 2021
• Subjects: Q Science (General); T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/26858/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This paper describes maslahah, a fundamental concept in Islam and its application in deliberating permissibility of human germline gene editing from an Islamic perspective. This paper refers to He Jiankui's research that led to the birth of the world's first gene edited babies, who were ed...