human embryos

Last autumn, a Chinese scientist named Dr. He ignited a rhetorical firestorm when he announced he’d used the technology CRISPR to genetically alter human embryos, which were implanted and brought to birth. …

Some scientists want to rework the ethical guidelines for research on human embryos as the possibility of artificially creating them moves closer to reality. A few weeks ago, researchers at Cambridge University …

CANTERBURY, England — Members of Parliament voted Tuesday (Feb. 3) to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three people to try to eradicate a type of genetic disease that …