Christopher Gyngell

Ethics of genomic passports: should the genetically resistant be exempted from lockdowns and quarantines?

Christopher Gyngell, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Med Ethics

Lockdowns and quarantines have been implemented widely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been accompanied by a rise i..

Ethically utilising COVID-19 host-genomic data

Christopher Gyngell, John Christodoulou, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2021  |  NPJ GENOMIC MEDICINE

Collective Reflective Equilibrium in Practice (CREP) and controversial novel technologies

Julian Savulescu, Christopher Gyngell, Guy Kahane

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIOETHICS

In this paper, we investigate how data about public preferences may be used to inform policy around the use of controversial novel..

Emerging moral status issues

Julian J Koplin, Christopher Gyngell

Journal article  |  2020  |  MONASH BIOETHICS REVIEW

Many controversies in bioethics turn on questions of moral status. Some moral status issues have received extensive bioethical att..

Genetics experience impacts attitudes towards germline gene editing: a survey of over 1500 members of the public

Abbie Jedwab, Danya F Vears, Cheryl Tse, Christopher Gyngell

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

CRISPR-Cas9 has revolutionised genome engineering and has the potential to radically change our approach to genetic disease. Howev..

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

In vitro gametogenesis (IVG) might offer numerous research and clinical benefits. Some potential clinical applications of IVG, suc..

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..