To respond to community concerns and regulate research on human genes and embryos

, Beijing, August 25 (Reporter Chen Yu) "The regulation of human genes, human embryo research is really very important, the third draft of this content is very targeted." In a recent sub-group consideration of the third draft of the Civil Code's Personality Rights, Chen Qi, vice-president of the National
Association, said in a statement that it was appropriate to add
"no harm to the public interest" to article 789 of the third draft, in response to the general concern of the academic community and the public.
important agenda of this meeting is the consideration of the draft civil code on the right to personality. The compilation of personality rights is mainly aimed at the rights of individual and individual personality, including body, health, reputation and so on.
, the issue of gene editing of embryonic stem cells is of particular concern. The technology itself is not fully mature and there are security risks. Genetic editing of which diseases is also important. In particular, gene editing of embryonic stem cells has the potential to affect the safety of the human genome and have a great impact on human health and basic ethics in the future. Therefore, china has a clear prohibition on embryonic stem cell gene operation. Article 789 of the third draft responds to the general concern of the academic community and the public by adding "no harm to the public interest".
In April this year, when participating in the deliberations of the
conference, Li Rui, a
national
, proposed that one of Article 789, "no harm to human health, no violation of ethics and morality" expression is not comprehensive and accurate enough, and suggested adding the content of
"no violation of public order and good customs".
Li Rui believes that the revised version of the "no harm to human health, no violation of ethics, no harm to the public interest" statement more comprehensive norms of human genes, human embryos and other related medical and scientific research activities.
National
national
Lin Jianhua said in a statement that article 789, one of the provisions of the human body genes, human embryos related to medical and scientific research activities, should abide by laws, administrative regulations and so on, not endanger health, not violate ethics and ethics. Because medical research, ethics and ethics not only involve individuals, but also may bring long-term effects to mankind. Violating ethics is not only harming individuals, but also bringing risks to human beings as a whole. He suggested that ethics should not be violated in the first place, should follow the law, administrative regulations, relevant state regulations and biomedical ethics as a whole requirements.