Legal reflections on the case of genome-edited babies

Abstract Human genome-editing is banned by guidelines, laws and regulations in most countries. However, the first criminal case on genome-edited babies was sentenced in China in 2019. In this commentary we discuss our legal reflections on this case. Genome-editing on healthy embryos of human may lea...

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Main Author: Shuang Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Global Health Research and Policy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41256-020-00153-4