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Heritable polygenic editing: the next frontier in genomic medicine?

Heritable polygenic editing: the next frontier in genomic medicine?

Nature, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08300-4

We discuss the potential consequences and ethical concerns of polygenic genome editing of human embryos to alter specific variants associated with polygenic diseases, highlighting the possibility of reducing disease susceptibility while exacerbating health inequalities.

Author Of article : Julian Savulescu

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