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31 - Regulating Human Genome Editing: Negotiating Ethical Concerns Through Science and Policy

from Part VI - Legal (Intellectual Property) and Bioethical Issues of Genome Editing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2018

Krishnarao Appasani
Affiliation:
GeneExpression Systems, Inc.
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Genome Editing and Engineering
From TALENs, ZFNs and CRISPRs to Molecular Surgery
, pp. 454 - 463
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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