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Human gene editing

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WHO Releases New Recommendations on Human Genome Editing

Panel Lays Out Guidelines for CRISPR-Edited Human Embryos

China Sentences Gene-Editing Scientist to Three Years in Jail

Deafness Gene GJB2 Edited in Human Eggs

Error in Study Linking HIV Resistance Gene to Increased Mortality

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Fertility Clinics Sought Advice from Scientist Who CRISPRed Babies

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Two Patients Treated with CRISPRed Cells in Immunotherapy Trial

Scientists Push for a Moratorium on Human Germline Editing

China Proposes New Gene-Editing Regulations

Preliminary Results Point to Success of In Vivo Gene Editing

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The US Scientists Who Knew About CRISPRed Babies

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Claim of First Gene-Edited Babies Triggers Investigation

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Gene-Edited Skin Patch Prevents Cocaine Overdose in Mice

Bioethics Council: Gene-Editing Human Embryos Conditionally OK

Electric Shock Allows for CRISPR Gene Editing Without a Viral Vector

CRISPR Trial for Cancer Patients Proposed

CRISPR to Debut in Clinical Trials

First CAR T-Cell Therapy Approved in U.S.

Scientists Edit Viable Human Embryos in U.S.

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