Sentences with phrase «on viable embryos»

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And that might be an embryo that either doesn't implant, if it implants can lead to a miscarriage, or can be something that might be viable but then has difficulties later on.

There should be a complete ban on the implantation of a human embryo created by the application of cloning technology into a womb, or any treatment of such a human embryo intended to result in its development into a viable infant.

This is because of the obvious concerns about the heritability of the genetic alterations induced, and the way in which such research could spread from work on «non-viable» embryos, to work on viable ones once this type of research had been accepted in principle by international regulatory bodies.»

Our No. 2 story, on gene editing in viable human embryos, reminds us of the many intricacies of human biology.

Information on the embryo quality rating was not available to clinicians during the IVF procedures that were part of the study, but when researchers unblinded the study results, they found that patients with at least one «high» rated embryo transferred had a 54 percent viable pregnancy rate compared to a 34 percent rate for those following transfer of only a «low» rated embryo.

Although the embryos were not viable and not intended for clinical use, this proof - of - principle research raised ethical concerns and emphasized the need to continue to have discussions on the scientific and social impact of this technology and its use in countries around the world.

Thus far (2016), there is no organism it doesn't work on (CRISPR has been used successfully on human cells, but not yet in viable human embryos).

The work was done on 86 very early embryos that weren't viable, in order to minimize some of the ethical concerns.