German ethics councilexpresses openness to eventual embryo editing

German ethics council expresses openness to eventual embryo editing

www­.statnews­.com - A panel of government-appointed experts in Germany agreed unanimously that the human germline — DNA that is inherited by children from their parents — “is not inviolable,” rejecting one objection to using genome editing technologies such as CRISPR to make heritable changes in the DNA of human embryos, sperm, or eggs.