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Weekly reads: escape to New York, CRISPR baby patents, ISSCR guidelines, pubs

My to-read list this weekend includes a range of papers along with various news & media including a report of two US research groups aiming to get CRISPR baby patents. More on that below. At long last a trip + fun thing to do in NYC Last week I took my first trip in more than a year, visiting family …
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Risks rise as ISSCR drops strict 14-day rule on human embryo growth in the lab

mouse embryos grown outside the lab
Something called the 14-day rule on growing human embryos in the lab helped keep a tough question in check for a long time: when is it ethically wrong or just practically unwise to continue growing a human embryo for research? There is no good answer based on science or anything else. ISSCR moves beyond strict 14-day rule The 14-day rule …