It has been noted that the failure of some scientists and ethicists in the United States to report He Jiankui's unethical attempts at heritable editing in China may be partly due to the absence of a whistleblowing mechanism (23, 36, 50). In response, the International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing has advocated for the establishment of an international system to address concerns regarding gene editing research or practices that deviate from accepted standards, allowing these issues to be communicated to appropriate national authorities and made public (56).
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The revelation that several scientists
and ethicists in the United States had advance notice of He Jiankui’s unethical heritable editing
attempts in China but did not blow the whistle has been blamed at least in part on the lack of any
mechanism for such whistleblowing (23, 36, 50). The International Commission on the Clinical
Use of Human Germline Genome Editing has called for the creation of an international mechanism
by which concerns about gene editing research or conduct that deviates from accepted
practices can be received, conveyed to relevant national authorities, and made public (56).
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