IBA Annual Conference Seoul 2019
22 Sep - 27 Sep 2019
Room 318 C, Floor 3
Session information
Unnatural selection: manipulation of the human genome
Monday 23 September (1115 - 1230)
Room 318 C, Floor 3
Committee(s)
Law and Individual Rights Section
(Lead)
Asia Pacific Regional Forum
Family Law Committee
Healthcare and Life Sciences Law Committee
Indigenous Peoples Committee
Latin American Regional Forum
Description
This session will look at: • how genetic technologies are developing to permit selection of certain ‘desirable’ attributes in children; • ethics and the law; • implications of genetic treatments for inherited diseases or disorders; and • clinical trials and how trial populations are selected and implications for groups that are understudied.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Alison Choy Flannigan | Hall and Wilcox, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Asia Pacific Regional Forum Liaison Officer, Healthcare and Life Sciences Law Committee |
| Barbara Connolly KC | 7BR, London, England; Chair, Family Law Committee |
Speakers
| Professor Kazuto Kato | Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University Japan, Osaka, Japan |
| Ju Han Kim | Department of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea |