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What would responsible remedial human germline editing look like?

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Adashi, E.Y., Cohen, I.G. What would responsible remedial human germline editing look like?. Nat Biotechnol 38, 398–400 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0482-7

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