Gene editing lies
Christian Medical Fellowship
‘Claims that allowing GM embryos will
‘give a massive boost to IVF success rates’
are pure spin aimed at seducing regulators
into giving a green light for highly controversial research,’ said Dr Peter Saunders of
the Christian Medical Fellowship.
In January, research scientist Dr Kathy
Niakan, from the Francis Crick Institute in
London, made her case to be the first in the
UK
to be allowed
to genetically modify
human embryos. Niakan wants to use a new
technique called Crispr-Cas9 to ‘edit’ genes
in day-old human embryos left over from
IVF in order to discover what role they play
in
normal
embryo
development. The
research is highly controversial, and results
in the destruction of the embryos.