WHO’s Global Guidance Framework for the Responsible Use of the Life Sciences
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) came out with the first-ever global guidance framework for the responsible use of life sciences. This is the first global, technical and normative framework for informing the development of national frameworks and approaches for mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research.
Context
- Life sciences and technologies offer many opportunities to improve our health, our societies and our environment.
- However, developments and advances in life sciences and associated technologies could pose risks caused by accidents during experiments, inadvertent and deliberate misuse.
- Therefore, the need for a global framework arises.
Key Highlights
- Aim: The framework ....