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World ‘not yet ready’ for embryo gene-editing, say experts – The Jakarta Post – Jakarta Post
Techniques to genetically-edit human embryos should not be used until they are proved to be reliable and safe, an international commission said Thursday.
Techniques to genetically-edit human embryos should not be used until they are proved to be reliable and safe, an international commission said Thursday, in the wake of a scandal over gene-modified babies in China two years ago.
Experts from the commission of US National Academy of Medicine, US National Academy of Sciences, and Britain’s Royal Society said heritable genome editing for medical purposes was “not yet ready” to be tried safely and effectively in human embryos.
The body was set up…
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