Designing babies through gene editing: Science or science fiction?

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1186-1187

  Janssens, A Cecile J W ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA THALASSEMIA; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE EDITING; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFESTYLE; NEWBORN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; BIOETHICS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; BLASTOCYST; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; EMBRYO RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENE EDITING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTAGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 85000366440     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2016.28     Document Type: Note

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