Ethical challenges of genome editing
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 - 08:01
in Biology & Nature
Preventing the transmission of inherited genetic diseases, and increasing food production rates in farmed animals are two potential applications of genome editing technologies that require urgent ethical scrutiny, according to a new report. The first findings of a new review have now been published, looking at the potential impact of recent advances in genome editing such as the CRISPR-Cas9 system across many areas of biological research.