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Designing Methuselah: an ethical argument against germline genetic modification to prolong human longevity
- Correspondence to Isabelle L Robertson, St Hilda's Collegiate School, 2 Cobden St., City Rise, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand; issierobertson{at}gmail.com
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Designing Methuselah: an ethical argument against germline genetic modification to prolong human longevity
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- Received February 13, 2017
- Revised March 28, 2017
- Accepted April 6, 2017
- First published April 27, 2017.
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August 29, 2017
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