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Heritable human genome editing is ‘currently not permitted’, but it is no longer ‘prohibited’: so says the ISSCR
- Correspondence to Professor Françoise Baylis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada; Francoise.baylis{at}dal.ca
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Heritable human genome editing is ‘currently not permitted’, but it is no longer ‘prohibited’: so says the ISSCR
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- Received July 12, 2021
- Accepted September 4, 2021
- First published October 4, 2021.
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