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title: Are We Ready to Edit the Fetal Genome? — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/are-we-ready-to-edit-the-fetal-genome/
date: 2019-02-25
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# Are We Ready to Edit the Fetal Genome?

Gene therapy is really complicated both scientifically and ethically. But it also has the potential to do some amazing things – like treating life threatening diseases in babies before they are even born.