Tinkering with Human Genes
October 2, 2015
9/30/15 – Scientists in Britain have applied for permission to genetically modify human embryos as part of a project to study the earliest stages of human development, according to a report in the Guardian. Such work, a scientist-writer team has said in Issues, calls for sharper attention to matters of global bioethics, while another group has argued for a new, deliberative, and public-encompassing approach to evaluating emerging gene-editing technologies.