Can scientists use gene editing for disease prevention but not human enhancement?

Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 08:30 in Health & Medicine

On the same day a Chinese scientist announced he had used CRISPR gene editing technology to give twin babies resistance to HIV infection, a team of UNC School of Medicine bioethics professors published a paper entitled "Is Enhancement the Price of Prevention in Gene Editing?" in The CRISPR Journal November 26.

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