2/2/2016

The Times of India

Title : Britain allows tweaking of embryo genes
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Article Date : 02/02/2016
Britain has allowed scientists to modify genes of human embryos for research, using a technique that could one
day lead to treatments for conditions like HIV and inherited diseases, and controversially , creation of designer
babies.
The decision makes Britain one of the first countries in the world to grant this type of authorisation and follows
months of deliberation by its embryology regulator. Researchers said the embryos used would be spare ones
donated by women receiving in vitro fertilisation treatment. Any modified embryos have to be destroyed in 14
days and cannot be implanted in a woman.

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