A group of scientists and activists have called for a global ban on the use of new tools to edit the genes of human embryos, in a report issued ahead of a major international meeting in Washington to discuss the ethical and policy issues surrounding the technology. The innovation that can strategically edit out specific stretches of DNA could ultimately lead to the genetic modification of children, and should be halted before it starts being used, scientists at the Centre for Genetics and Society and the activist group Friends of the Earth argued in their report, released Sunday. “Once the process begins, there will be no going back. This is a line we must...
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