Scientists must be part of the ethical debate on human genetics | Philip Ball
by Philip Ball from on (#N2Q3)
Kathy Niakan's application to use a new gene-editing technique on embryos is controversial because we lack a clear moral framework for such science
"It is up to society to decide what is acceptable: science will merely inform what may be possible." This statement made by Kathy Niakan, a stem cell researcher at the newly opened Francis Crick Institute in London, seems eminently reasonable, but it raises as many questions as it allays.
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