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Chinese Scientists Claim To Have Genetically Modified Human Embryos

Posted by samzenpus on from the super-babies dept.

Annanag writes: There were rumours — but now it's been confirmed. Chinese scientists have attempted the ethically questionable feat of genetically modifying human embryos. The scientists try to head off ethical concerns by using 'non-viable' embryos, which cannot result in a live birth, obtained from local fertility clinics. The study is a landmark — but also a cautionary tale.

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  1. Correction ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    We haven't even established the "ethically questionable" part


    It's done by China, that's already ethically questionable enough for a lot of Americans

    Almost all the people from the Western country question anything and everything coming out of China

    They never question the moslems

    They never question the Indians

    They never question anyone but whenever the Chinese dare to do anything automatically it triggers mass hysteria amongst the Westerners