Designer babies: Gene breakthrough needs "confirming in experiments"
28 July 2017
Dr Simon Waddington, Professor Joyce Harper and Dr Helen O'Neill respond to reports of a breakthrough towards the creation of genetically modified babies.
Read: iNews, More: Joyce Harper's comment piece in iNews, Yahoo News
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Dr Simon Waddington
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Dr Helen O'Neill
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Prof Joyce Harper