Sentences with phrase «human germline modification»

So far, the U.S. government hasn't funded research on human germline modification, and other governments have banned it, so we'll talk about somatic cells [sources: Baruch, Hanna].

His other recent books include «Transhumanism and Transcendence: Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Transcendence» and «Design and Destiny: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human Germline Modification.»

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«This report is the first case of human germline genetic modification resulting in normal healthy children,» say Barritt and his colleagues in the journal Human Reproduchuman germline genetic modification resulting in normal healthy children,» say Barritt and his colleagues in the journal Human ReproducHuman Reproduction.

The MDC researchers are fascinated by the new opportunities the CRISPR - Cas9 system offers for biomedical research, but strictly reject genetic modification of the human germline.

That paper, which tried to correct a mutation that causes a blood disease, fed into a firestorm over the ethics of modifying human reproductive cells (or «germline» modification).

«Germline editing» — genetic modification of human cells, including embryos, eggs and sperm, that can be passed to future generations — has been controversial.

But he thinks that US scientists will inevitably take on such research, although federal funding of research on human embryos and germline modification is prohibited.

Baruch, Susannah et al. «Human Germline Genetic Modification: Issues and Options for Policymakers.»