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Modified genes on DNA

Human genome editing is here – now we have to decide who is in charge

1 March 2019

The announcement of a WHO committee to discuss the scientific, ethical and legal issues surrounding human genome editing is to be welcomed, says Andy Greenfield
Electron micrograph of sperm

First attempt to get CRISPR gene editing working in sperm

3 July 2018

Researchers say they have managed to get the CRISPR machinery into mature human sperm, but we don’t know yet whether it can successfully edit sperm genes

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