Christopher Gyngell

Drugs, genes and screens: The ethics of preventing and treating spinal muscular atrophy

Christopher Gyngell, Zornitza Stark, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2020  |  Bioethics

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the most common genetic disease that causes infant mortality. Its treatment and prevention repres..

Sex selection and non-invasive prenatal testing: A review of current practices, evidence, and ethical issues

Hilary Bowman-Smart, Julian Savulescu, Christopher Gyngell, Cara Mand, Martin B Delatycki

Journal article  |  2020  |  Prenatal Diagnosis

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) can determine the sex of the fetus very accurately and very early in gestation. There are con..

Drawing the line on in vitro gametogenesis

Lauren Notini, Christopher Gyngell, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2020  |  Bioethics

Great inds think different: Preserving cognitive diversity in an age of gene editing

Jonathan Anomaly, Christopher Gyngell, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2020  |  Bioethics

It is likely that gene editing technologies will become viable in the current century. As scientists uncover the genetic contribut..

Germline Gene Editing and the Precautionary Principle

Julian J Koplin, Christopher Gyngell, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2020  |  Bioethics

The precautionary principle aims to influence decision‐making in contexts where some activity poses uncertain but potentially grav..

From public preferences to ethical policy

Julian Savulescu, Guy Kahane, Christopher Gyngell

Journal article  |  2019  |  Nature Human Behaviour

The moral case for sign language education

Hilary Bowman-Smart, Christopher Gyngell, Angela Morgan, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2019  |  Monash Bioethics Review

Here, a moral case is presented as to why sign languages such as Auslan should be made compulsory in general school curricula. Fir..

'Small cost to pay for peace of mind': Women's experiences with non-invasive prenatal testing

Hilary Bowman-Smart, Julian Savulescu, Cara Mand, Christopher Gyngell, Mark D Pertile, Sharon Lewis, Martin B Delatycki

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

BACKGROUND: Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has been available in Australia on a user-pays basis since 2012. Since its introd..

Subsidizing PGD: The Moral Case for Funding Genetic Selection

James M Kemper, Christopher Gyngell, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) allows the detection of genetic abnormalities in embryos produced through in vitro fertili..

FIGHTING DEATH AND PREVENTING BIRTH: PERSPECTIVES ON NEW METHUSELAHS

Christopher Gyngell

Journal article  |  2019  |  Bioethics

Moral reasons to edit the human genome: picking up from the Nuffield report

Christopher Gyngell, Hilary Bowman-Smart, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Medical Ethics

In July 2018, the Nuffield Council of Bioethics released its long-awaited report on heritable genome editing (HGE). The Nuffield r..

Genome editing, Goldilocks and polygenic risk scores

Christopher Gyngell, Hilary Bowman-Smart, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Medical Ethics

'Is it better not to know certain things?': views of women who have undergone non-invasive prenatal testing on its possible future applications

Hilary Bowman-Smart, Julian Savulescu, Cara Mand, Christopher Gyngell, Mark D Pertile, Sharon Lewis, Martin B Delatycki

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Medical Ethics

Rapid Challenges: Ethics and Genomic Neonatal Intensive Care

Christopher Gyngell, Ainsley J Newson, Dominic Wilkinson, Zornitza Stark, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2019  |  Pediatrics

Ethical issues in genetic modification and why application matters

Megan Munsie, Christopher Gyngell

Journal article  |  2018  |  Current Opinion in Genetics & Development

Selecting Against Disability: The Liberal Eugenic Challenge and the Argument from Cognitive Diversity

Christopher Gyngell, Thomas Douglas

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Applied Philosophy

Legality of Embryonic Gene Editing in Australia

Michelle Taylor-Sands, Christopher Gyngell

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Law and Medicine

The CRISPR-cas9 genome editing system (CRISPR) has been used to make precise and heritable changes to a diverse range of animals. ..

Legality of Embryonic Gene Editing in Australia

Michelle Taylor-Sands, Christopher Gyngell

Journal article  |  2018  |  Jornal of Law and Medicine

The CRISPR-cas9 genome editing system (CRISPR) has been used to make precise and heritable changes to a diverse range of animals. ..

Navigating Assisted Dying in Victoria: The Legalisation of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Victoria raises Ethical, Legal and Policy Challenges

Carolyn Johnston, Michelle Taylor-Sands, Chris Gyngell, Paula O'Brien

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2018

Victoria is the first state in Australia to legalise voluntary assisted dying. The Premier, Daniel Andrews, has described the law..

Gene-Edited Babies: What does the law allow in Australia?

Michelle Taylor-Sands, Chris Gyngell

Journal article  |  2018

Recent claims that Chinese twins have been born with intentionally modified genomes mean the legislation governing this controvers..

Promoting Biodiversity

C Gyngell, J Savulescu

Journal article  |  2017  |  Philosophy & Technology

The Ethics of Germline Gene Editing

Christopher Gyngell, Thomas Douglas, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Applied Philosophy

Gene editing and the health of future generations

Christopher Gyngell

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Human Enhancement: Conceptual Clarity and Moral Significance

Chris Gyngell, Michael J Selgelid

Book Chapter  |  2016

Twenty-First-Century Eugenics

Christopher Gyngell, Michael Selgelid

Book Chapter  |  2016

Technologies available since the 1970s have enabled parents to influence the genetic makeup of their children. As the twenty-first..

Genome Editing Technologies and Human Germline Genetic Modification: The Hinxton Group Consensus Statement

Sarah Chan, Peter J Donovan, Thomas Douglas, Christopher Gyngell, John Harris, Robin Lovell-Badge, Debra JH Mathews, Alan Regenberg

Journal article  |  2015  |  The American Journal of Bioethics

The Ethics of Human Life Extension: The Second Argument from Evolution

Chris Gyngell

Journal article  |  2015  |  The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine

CRISPR: A path through the thicket

Debra JH Mathews, Robin Lovell-Badge, Sarah Chan, Peter J Donovan, Thomas Douglas, Christopher Gyngell, John Harris, Alan Regenberg

Journal article  |  2015  |  Nature

The moral imperative to continue gene editing research on human embryos

Julian Savulescu, Jonathan Pugh, Thomas Douglas, Christopher Gyngell

Journal article  |  2015  |  PROTEIN & CELL

Valuable and Valueless Diversity

Chris Gyngell

Journal article  |  2015  |  The American Journal of Bioethics

STOCKING THE GENETIC SUPERMARKET: REPRODUCTIVE GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES AND COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEMS

Chris Gyngell, Thomas Douglas

Journal article  |  2015  |  BIOETHICS

Germline edits: trust ethics review process

Julian Savulescu, Chris Gyngell, Tom Douglas

Journal article  |  2015  |  Nature

Cognitive Diversity and Moral Enhancement

Chris Gyngell, Simon Easteal

Journal article  |  2015  |  Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

The Medical Case for Gene Editing

Julian Savulescu, Christopher Gyngell

Journal article  |  2015  |  Ethics in Biology, Engineering and Medicine: An International Journal

Enhancing the species: Genetic engineering technologies and human persistence

C Gyngell

Journal article  |  2012  |  Philosophy & Technology

Human Cloning: Arguments for

Katrien Devolder, Christopher Gyngell

Journal article