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August 4, 2017

Ethicists warn of problems as U.S. scientists alter human embryo genes

Oregon researchers announced that they have successfully altered genes in a human embryo for the first time in the United States.

WASHINGTON – Researchers in Oregon have announced that they have successfully altered genes in a human embryo for the first time in the United States, but Catholic ethicists warn that the procedure was morally objectionable for many reasons.

Published in International