Towards a CRISPR view of early human development: Applications, limitations and ethical concerns of genome editing in human embryos

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-7

  Reyes, Alvaro Plaza ^a   Lanner, Fredrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CRISPR; Embryo; Ethics; Genome editing

Indexed keywords

CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN GENOME; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; ANIMAL; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; GENE EDITING; GENETICS; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ANIMALS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EDITING; HUMANS;

EID: 85008449862     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.139683     Document Type: Article

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