Human Embryo Editing: Opportunities and Importance of Transnational Cooperation

Publication date: 5 October 2017
Source:Cell Stem Cell, Volume 21, Issue 4
Author(s): Duanqing Pei, David W. Beier, Ephrat Levy-Lahad, Gary Marchant, Janet Rossant, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Robin Lovell-Badge, Rudolf Jaenisch, Alta Charo, David Baltimore
A recent National Academies report articulates a path forward for research, ethics, and governance of clinical applications involving genome editing. In light of recent human embryo editing developments, scientists and stakeholders from all nations should cooperate to take advantage of this historic opportunity for medicine and also basic human biology.

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A recent National Academies report articulates a path forward for research, ethics, and governance of clinical applications involving genome editing. In light of recent human embryo editing developments, scientists and stakeholders from all nations should cooperate to take advantage of this historic opportunity for medicine and also basic human biology.


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