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  • NIH bans funding for genetic engineering of human embryos

    by 
    Andrew Tarantola
    Andrew Tarantola
    05.05.2015

    Researchers from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China made headlines late last month upon announcing that they had successfully edited the genes of a human embryo. This revelation set off a firestorm of controversy as the scientific community took sides in the ethical debate of genetic manipulation. Now, the National Institute of Health has weighed in on the issue and is denying funding to research that involves meddling with the human germline.