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Human genome editing, scientists vs rogues: A world gathering stands against ‘designer babies’

02/04/2023 01:59 PM | Click to read full article

Heritable human genome editing remains unacceptable, was the conclusion of the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing held in London last month. One of its most notable successes, via CRISPR gene editing, is curing sickle cell disease – a monogenic disorder that affects around 20 million people. But the extremely high costs and infrastructure needs of current treatments are not manageable for a vast majority of either patients or healthcare systems.

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