Summarizing ethical issues with heritable human gene editing

By Jon Holmlund A brief recap of reasons why we should not pursue heritable human gene editing: It seems unlikely that risks to immediately-treated generations can be predicted with the accuracy we currently and reasonably expect from human subject research and medical practice. Risks to later generations, that is, to the descendants of edited people, … Continue reading "Summarizing ethical issues with heritable human gene editing"
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