Recent developments in bioengineering promise the possibility of new diagnostic and treatment strategies, novel industrial processes, and innovative approaches to thorny problems in fields such as nutrition, agriculture, and biomanufacturing. As modern genetics has matured and developed technologies of increasing power, debates over risk assessments and proper applications of the technology, and over who should have decision-making power over such issues, have become more prominent. Recently, some scientists have advocated that ethicists “step out of the way,” whereas others have called for greater ethical scrutiny, or even for moratoria on some lines of research. As a community, however, we must together determine the proper application of these powerful biological tools. This paper, a consensus statement of a group of interdisciplinary delegates drawn from the top biotech-producing countries of the world, offers a set of ethical principles to contribute to the ethical conversation about human cellular biotechnological research moving forward.

生物工程学的最新发展有望带来新的诊断和治疗策略，新颖的工业流程以及解决诸如营养，农业和生物制造等领域棘手问题的创新方法的可能性。随着现代遗传学的成熟和发展，技术日益强大，关于风险评估和技术的正确应用以及谁应在此类问题上拥有决策权的争论日益突出。最近，一些科学家提倡伦理学家“走开”，而另一些科学家则呼吁对道德进行更严格的审查，甚至要求在某些研究领域中暂停执行。但是，作为一个社区，我们必须共同确定这些强大的生物学工具的正确应用。这篇报告，