Germline Manipulation and Our Future Worlds

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 30-34

  Harris, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germline modification, CRISPR Cas9, Mitochondrial Transfer, Epigenetics

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERM LINE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLONING; ETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GERMLINE MUTATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN GENOME; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SAFETY;

CLONING, ORGANISM; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOME, HUMAN; GERM-LINE MUTATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SAFETY;

EID: 84948963347     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2015.1104163     Document Type: Article

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