Scientists reported selectively altering genes in viable human embryos for the first time this year. (sciencenews.org)
Our No. 2 story, on gene editing in viable human embryos, reminds us of the many intricacies of human biology. (sciencenews.org)
In a step that some of the nation's leading scientists have long warned against and that has never before been accomplished, biologists in Oregon have edited the DNA of viable human embryos efficiently and apparently with few mistakes, according to a report in Technology Review. (scientificamerican.com)