How should the applications of genome editing be assessed and regulated?

eLife

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Fears, Robin ^a   Ter Meulen, Volker ^b  

^a European Academies Science Advisory Council   (Germany)

^b German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EDITING; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ETHICS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; EUROPEAN UNION; GENE EDITING; HUMANS;

EID: 85017305886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.26295     Document Type: Article

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