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Azgad Gold1, Erez Y Levanon2, Eli Eisenberg3

  • 1Forensic Psychiatry Unit, Beer Yaakov Mental Health Center, Beer Yaakov, 7032102, Israel.

Trends in Genetics : TIG
|May 12, 2021
PubMed
Summary

RNA editing, a safer alternative to genome editing, may lower ethical barriers for genetic engineering. This opens new avenues for research, therapy, and human enhancement, necessitating consideration of its future ethical and social impacts.

Keywords:
RNA editingethicsgenetic engineeringgenome editing

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