Approval for new “gene editing” techniques

Further progress in “gene editing” emphasizes the pressing need for a wider debate

On 1 February 2016, the Francis Crick Institute announced that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) had approved a research application to use new “gene editing” techniques known as “Crispr/Cas9” to modify human embryos.

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