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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s International Bioethics Committee called for a moratorium on germline genome editing and regulations on direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing in a draft report published last week.

Gene editing technology “seems to require particular precautions and raises serious concerns,” the report said, “especially if the editing of the human genome should be applied to the germline and therefore introduce hereditary modifications, which could be transmitted to future generations.”

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https://www.genomeweb.com/policy-legislation/unesco-calls-more-regulations-genome-editing-dtc-genetic-testing

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