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Ethical Issues in Manipulating the Human Germ Line

1 Dec 1991

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This essay examines the arguments for and against working towards the objective of human germ line engineering for medical purposes. Germ line changes which result as a secondary consequence of other well designed and ethically acceptable manipulations of somatic cells to cure an otherwise fatal disease can be seen as acceptable. More serious objections apply to intentional germ line interventions because of the...

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PMID: 1787391
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/16.6.621

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