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No designer babies, but summit calls for cautious research

AP Science News - Fetched: December 3rd, 2015, 7:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A tool to edit human genes is nowhere near ready to use for pregnancy - but altering early embryos as part of careful laboratory research should be allowed as scientists and society continue to grapple with the ethical questions surrounding this revolutionary technology, organizers of an international summit concluded Thursday....

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