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".
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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