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Don’t edit the human germ line

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  • Edward Lanphier

    (Edward Lanphier is president and chief executive officer of Sangamo BioSciences in Richmond, California, USA, and chairman of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine in Washington DC, USA.)

  • Fyodor Urnov

    (Fyodor Urnov is senior scientist at Sangamo BioSciences in Richmond, California, USA.)

  • Sarah Ehlen Haecker

    (Sarah Ehlen Haecker is director of technology sections at the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine in Washington DC, USA.)

  • Michael Werner

    (Michael Werner is executive director of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine in Washington DC, USA.)

  • Joanna Smolenski

    (Joanna Smolenski is a PhD student in philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, USA.)

Abstract

Heritable human genetic modifications pose serious risks, and the therapeutic benefits are tenuous, warn Edward Lanphier, Fyodor Urnov and colleagues.

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  • Edward Lanphier & Fyodor Urnov & Sarah Ehlen Haecker & Michael Werner & Joanna Smolenski, 2015. "Don’t edit the human germ line," Nature, Nature, vol. 519(7544), pages 410-411, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:519:y:2015:i:7544:d:10.1038_519410a
    DOI: 10.1038/519410a
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    Cited by:

    1. Katie Hasson & Marcy Darnovsky, 2020. "Genetic Justice: Identity and Equality in the Biotech Age," Development, Palgrave Macmillan;Society for International Deveopment, vol. 63(1), pages 140-144, March.
    2. Gregor Wolbring & Lucy Diep, 2016. "The Discussions around Precision Genetic Engineering: Role of and Impact on Disabled People," Laws, MDPI, vol. 5(3), pages 1-23, September.
    3. Shawna Benston, 2016. "CRISPR, a Crossroads in Genetic Intervention: Pitting the Right to Health against the Right to Disability," Laws, MDPI, vol. 5(1), pages 1-15, February.

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