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Aiding creation: UK researchers plan to genetically modify human embryos

LONDON: Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have applied to Britain's regulators to use new "genome editing" techniques on human embryos, according to a statement released Friday by the institute.

Genome editing techniques on human embryos are still seen as "forbidden fruit" in many countries.

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