Who decides on heritable genome editing?
Read a C1 Spanish analysis of the 2018 embryo-editing announcement and the safeguards proposed by international bodies.
Después de 2018: quién decide sobre la edición heredable
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What you'll learn
bioethics vocabulary, qualified claims, hypothetical conditions, passive forms, C1 reading
The article uses the 2018 embryo-editing announcement to examine safety, medical need, consent, justice and international governance.
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dejó al descubierto
newbrought to light
Dejar al descubierto means to reveal a fact or distinction that had not been sufficiently visible.
Useful for analytical writing about evidence and consequences.
por sí sola
newon its own
Por sí sola indicates that one factor is insufficient without other elements.
Useful for limiting claims and avoiding simplistic conclusions.
en vez de aumentar
newinstead of increasing
En vez de contrasts one option or result with another.
Useful for comparing consequences and alternatives.
rendición de cuentas
newaccountability
Rendición de cuentas is the duty to explain decisions, evidence and responsibility to others.
Essential vocabulary for governance and public institutions.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Embryonic
embrionarios
embryonic
Embrionarios describes something related to embryos.
Useful in medical and bioethical discussions.
Heritable
heredable
heritable
Heredable describes a change that can be passed to descendants.
Distinguishes inherited effects from changes limited to one patient.
Germline
linaje germinal
germline
The germline is the lineage of cells that gives rise to eggs or sperm and can transmit genetic material.
Central vocabulary for distinguishing somatic and heritable editing.
Mosaicism
mosaicismo
mosaicism
Mosaicism is the presence of cells with different genetic compositions in one organism.
Helps explain one safety concern in embryo editing.
Safeguards
salvaguardias
safeguards
Salvaguardias are protections designed to prevent harm or abuse.
Useful for policy, research ethics and regulation.
Monogenic
monogénicas
monogenic
Monogénicas describes diseases mainly caused by a pathogenic variant in one gene.
Useful for understanding the narrow medical category in the report.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Past perfect passive
habían sido editados
had been edited
Habían sido editados places a completed passive action before the committee received the news.
Useful for ordering past events while focusing on the affected object.
Conditional with passive se
podrían transmitirse
could be passed on
Podrían transmitirse presents a possible consequence rather than a certainty.
Useful for discussing risks without overstating them.
Hypothetical si clause
si un país llegara a autorizarlo
if a country were to authorize it
Si plus the imperfect subjunctive presents an unlikely or hypothetical future condition.
Useful for discussing policies that have not been adopted.
Antes de que with subjunctive
antes de que un país autorice
before a country authorizes
Antes de que takes the subjunctive when the later action is pending or not established.
Useful for setting conditions before a possible future decision.
Evaluation with subjunctive
No basta con que una intervención persiga
it is not enough for an intervention to pursue
The negative evaluation no basta con que triggers the subjunctive persiga.
Useful for expressing that one argument or condition is insufficient.
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