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Proposed Treatment To Fix Genetic Diseases Raises Ethical Issues

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Proposed Treatment To Fix Genetic Diseases Raises Ethical Issues

October 9, 2013 • The treatment would allow doctors to replace the genetic glitches in one human egg with healthy DNA from a donor egg. Ethicists are concerned because any changes to eggs or sperm could be passed on for generations to come.

Proposed Treatment To Fix Genetic Diseases Raises Ethical Issues

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