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No time to waste—the ethical challenges created by CRISPR
Author(s) -
Caplan Arthur L,
Parent Brendan,
Shen Michael,
Plunkett Carolyn
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201541337
Subject(s) - medical ethics , library science , sociology , computer science , political science , law
CRISPR /Cas technology has applications with potentially more far‐reaching and disastrous outcomes than editing the human germ line. Existing regulation and oversight are not sufficient to deal with specific genetic editing of animals and plants and the possibilities and consequences are receiving little attention in the current debate.