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The societal opportunities and challenges of genome editing
The genome editing platforms currently in use have revolutionized the field of genetics. At an accelerating rate, these tools are entering areas with direct impact on human well being. Here, we discuss applications in agriculture and in medicine, and examine some associated societal issues.
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4634740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26537374 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0812-0 |
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| author | Carroll, Dana Charo, R. Alta |
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| description | The genome editing platforms currently in use have revolutionized the field of genetics. At an accelerating rate, these tools are entering areas with direct impact on human well being. Here, we discuss applications in agriculture and in medicine, and examine some associated societal issues. |
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| spelling | pubmed-46347402015-11-06 The societal opportunities and challenges of genome editing Carroll, Dana Charo, R. Alta Genome Biol Opinion The genome editing platforms currently in use have revolutionized the field of genetics. At an accelerating rate, these tools are entering areas with direct impact on human well being. Here, we discuss applications in agriculture and in medicine, and examine some associated societal issues. BioMed Central 2015-11-05 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4634740/ /pubmed/26537374 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0812-0 Text en © Carroll and Charo. 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
| spellingShingle | Opinion Carroll, Dana Charo, R. Alta The societal opportunities and challenges of genome editing |
| title | The societal opportunities and challenges of genome editing |
| title_full | The societal opportunities and challenges of genome editing |
| title_fullStr | The societal opportunities and challenges of genome editing |
| title_full_unstemmed | The societal opportunities and challenges of genome editing |
| title_short | The societal opportunities and challenges of genome editing |
| title_sort | societal opportunities and challenges of genome editing |
| topic | Opinion |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4634740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26537374 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0812-0 |
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