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Comment
. 2019 Aug;45(8):528-529.
doi: 10.1136/medethics-2018-105316.

Commentary on 'Moral reasons to edit the human genome': this is not the moral imperative we are looking for

Sarah Chan
Comment

Commentary on 'Moral reasons to edit the human genome': this is not the moral imperative we are looking for

Sarah Chan. J Med Ethics. 2019 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: ethics; genetic engineering; genetic information.

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