The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, a three-day conference organized by the Royal Society, the U.K. Academy of Medical Sciences, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences and Medicine, and The World Academy of Sciences, was held this week in March 2023 at the Francis Crick Institute in London. Scientists, bioethicists, physicians, patients, and others gathered to discuss the latest developments in this technology that let researchers modify DNA with precision. And a major topic at the summit was how to enforce research policies and ethical principles for human genome editing.
