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The debate on regulation of heritable genome editing
Nature has published a letter from a group of scientists and bioethicists calling for a moratorium on the clinical use of heritable genome editing.
Categories: Biology Changing the World, Policy, Royal Society of Biology
Tags: genome editing, regulation, WHO
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Genome editing: where do we draw the line?
Genome editing is at the forefront of modern medicine, and has the potential to improve the health of millions of people worldwide; genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s could in theory become a thing of the past. The genome is the complete set of an organism’s DNA, containing all of the information that … Continue reading
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Tags: Biology Week, CRISPR, debate, designer babies, gene editing, genetic modification, genome editing, london debate, Ri debate
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