Scientific community approves human gene editing studies
Human gene editing research is extremely controversial due to numerous ethical, moral and legal reasons that some groups would prefer to see it banned outright. Those who do want it to move forward can breathe easily for now, though, as the leaders of a summit held by the US National Academies of Sciences and Medicine, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the United Kingdom’s Royal Society have decided to support human gene editing research. The scientists are even OK with modifying eggs, sperm and embryos (collectively called germline cells), so long as the edited cells stay in the lab and aren’t used to induce pregnancies. In other words, creating designer babies is a no-no. We’ll bet that means the NIH will uphold the ban on funding studies that deal with embryo engineering.
Source: ScienceNews
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