This video documents a debate produced by the Progress Educational Trust (PET) - the charity that publishes BioNews - as part of the Festival of Genomics.
Shortly after this debate took place, it was announced that the first UK licence had been granted for the use of genome editing in human embryo research (see BioNews 837).
| 00:07 | GüneÅŸ Taylor: A stem cell researcher's perspective |
| 06:51 | Joyce Harper: A genetics professor's perspective |
| 12:28 | Julian Hitchcock: A legal perspective |
| 20:28 | Questions and comments from the audience (including contributions from Alison Hall, Richard Swan and Dr Jess Buxton) |
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