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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13238-015-0184-y

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The moral imperative to continue gene editing research on human embryos

  • Julian Savulescu 1,2 ,
  • Jonathan Pugh , 1 ,
  • Thomas Douglas 1 ,
  • Christopher Gyngell 1
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  • 1. Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK
  • 2. Queensland University of Technology, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia

Published date: 27 Jul 2015

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Julian Savulescu , Jonathan Pugh , Thomas Douglas , Christopher Gyngell . The moral imperative to continue gene editing research on human embryos[J]. Protein & Cell, 2015 , 6(7) : 476 -479 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-015-0184-y

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