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Parliamentary Inquiry into genomics and genome-editing by the Science and Technology Committee

Published: 13th December 2016

Published December 2016

In this response we welcome and support beneficial and ethical applications of genome editing on somatic cells but emphasise that these must be distinguished from those that modify germ cells. We set out concerns about germline editing and highlight the lack of compelling medical applications for using it, including in human embryos.

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