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Published October 5, 2017 | Version public
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Human Embryo Editing: Opportunities and Importance of Transnational Cooperation

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  • 1. ROR icon Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health
  • 2. ROR icon Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • 3. ROR icon Hospital for Sick Children
  • 4. ROR icon Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • 5. ROR icon The Francis Crick Institute
  • 6. ROR icon Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 7. ROR icon University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • 8. ROR icon California Institute of Technology

Abstract

A recent National Academies report articulates a path forward for research, ethics, and governance of clinical applications involving genome editing. In light of recent human embryo editing developments, scientists and stakeholders from all nations should cooperate to take advantage of this historic opportunity for medicine and also basic human biology.

Additional Information

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Available online 5 October 2017. These authors were among the members of the National Academies Genome Editing Committee and International Summit Organizing Committee, but the opinions expressed here are their own and are not opinions on behalf of the Committee or the National Academies.

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82389
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CaltechAUTHORS:20171016-153550997

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2017-10-17
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2021-11-15
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