Editing policy to fit the genome? Framing genome editing policy requires setting thresholds of acceptability

Science

Volumn 351, Issue 6271, 2016, Pages 337-339

  Isasi, R ^a,b   Kleiderman, E ^b   Knoppers, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; THRESHOLD;

CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; LAW; POLICY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; ETHICS; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; GERM CELL; HUMAN GENOME; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

CANADA;

EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENETIC THERAPY; GENOME, HUMAN; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

EID: 84955510350     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aad6778     Document Type: Review

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