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June 21, 2016 10:58 pm GMT
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A federal safety board just OKd the first CRISPR trial to genetically alter humans
In the spring of 2015, a group of Chinese scientists modified the DNA of 54 embryos using CRISPR/Cas 9 technology. Twenty-eight of those embryos were successful, but 26 — nearly half of them — failed, setting off a heated debate throughout the scientific community on the ethics of altering human genes. Regulators don’t currently allow the use of CRISPR on human DNA in the… Read MoreOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/PAi0bh6TJoA/
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