Genome-edited babies may be justifiable says bioethicist
Genome-edited babies may be ethically justifiable, highly desirable and less than two years away according to a bioethicist at Abertay University in Dundee...
Julianna Photopoulos is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews and also works at the consultancy StoryCog where she runs the SciCast project, a competition involving short films about practical science and engineering. She is also a freelance writer, and has written for publications including BBC Focus magazine, British Science Association Festival News, Science for Environment Policy and Science in School. Previously, she studied Biology at the University of Crete, and went on to obtain an MRes in Developmental Biology and Genetics from the University of Barcelona and an MSc in Science Communication from the University of the West of England. She tweets as @juliannaphos
Genome-edited babies may be ethically justifiable, highly desirable and less than two years away according to a bioethicist at Abertay University in Dundee...
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