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Gene editing is so easy to do that we couldn’t stop it if we wanted to

5 December 2018

Scientists worldwide were shocked by the announcement of the world’s first gene-edited babies last week. Better regulation is necessary – but will be difficult

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Gene editing is so easy to do that we couldn’t stop it if we wanted to

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