Getting serious about the challenge of regulating germline gene therapy.

The announcement of He Jiankui's germline editing of human embryos has been followed by a torrent of almost universal criticism of the claim on scientific and ethical grounds. That criticism is warranted. There is little room for anything other than vociferous condemnation of He's announce...

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Main Author: Arthur Caplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000223