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Editing human embryos with CRISPR is moving ahead – now's the time to work out the ethics

  • Written by Jessica Berg, Law Dean; Professor of Law; and Professor of Bioethics & Public Health, Case Western Reserve University
imageThere's still a way to go from editing single-cell embryos to a full-term 'designer baby.'ZEISS Microscopy, CC BY-SA

The announcement by researchers in Portland, Oregon that they’ve successfully modified the genetic material of a human embryo took some people by surprise.

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