Leading scientists call for global moratorium on creating ‘CRISPR babies’

Leading scientists call for global moratorium on creating ‘CRISPR babies’

Leading scientists, backed by NIH, call for a global moratorium on creating ‘CRISPR babies’

By SHARON BEGLEY

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The call divided scientists over whether a moratorium would stop rogue research without stifling what could one day be a safe and beneficial technology.

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