IVF embryos

Scientist makes case to edit embryos

A scientist has been making her case to be the first in the UK to be allowed to genetically modify human embryos.

Modifying human eggs to remove filial disease

American scientists are attempting to modify the DNA of human egg cells using a new gene-editing technique that could eliminate inherited diseases from subsequent generations of affected families

January 13, 2016
January 13, 2016

Scientist makes case to edit embryos

A scientist has been making her case to be the first in the UK to be allowed to genetically modify human embryos.

March 14, 2015
March 14, 2015

Modifying human eggs to remove filial disease

American scientists are attempting to modify the DNA of human egg cells using a new gene-editing technique that could eliminate inherited diseases from subsequent generations of affected families

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