Monday, February 1, 2016

UK Scientists Allowed To Modify Human Embryos

A British expert hopes to gain "insights into the causes of miscarriage" - but the embryos cannot be implanted into women.



British scientists have won the right to "edit" the activity of genes in human embryos for the first time in the UK.

A licence to genetically modify genes in research has been approved by national regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).

It was welcomed by one expert as a move that would "assist infertile couples and reduce the anguish of miscarriage".


Read full Article here Sky News