May 12, 2008
First Genetically Modified Human Embryo Under Review
Slashdot: Science - Posted: May 12th, 2008, 5:57pm EDT
Wired is reporting that Cornell University researchers genetically modified a human embryo in 2007, but have only recently been gaining publicity as their work is being reviewed. "The research raises a number of thorny ethical questions. Though adding a fluorescent protein was merely a proof-of-principle step, scientists say that modified embryos could be used to research human diseases. They say embryos wouldn't be allowed to develop for more than a few weeks, much less implanted in a woman and brought to term."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
