Heritable Genome Editing: Is a Moratorium Needed?

JAMA

James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams professor of Law and director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Published: July 2019

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