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AP News Guide: Summit opens debate on ethics of gene editing
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AP News Guide: Summit opens debate on ethics of gene editing

Posted on 11/30/15 by sejefferson

Designer babies or an end to intractable illnesses: A revolutionary technology is letting scientists learn to rewrite the genetic code, aiming to alter DNA in ways that, among other things, could erase disease-causing genes. How far should these experiments try to go _ fix only the sick, or make changes that future generations could inherit? … Continue reading →

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