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Human embryo science: can the world’s regulators keep pace?

Concerned by the speed of research, policymakers are looking for alternative ways to establish rules on genome editing and other technologies.
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Outside the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, protesters held banners that read “Stop designer babies” and “Never again to eugenics”, calling for a ban on human genome editing. It was a reminder of the ethical quandaries that embryo science and genome editing can present.

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Nature 617, 242-243 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01550-8

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