Abstract

Human germline gene modification has been foreseen but not yet accomplished.1–6 It can be defined as the genetic manipulation of human germ cells, or of a conceptus, resulting in inherited changes in DNA. With the development of advanced in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) methods, preimplantation DNA analysis, improved techniques for gene transfer, insertion, or conversion, and of embryo implantation procedures, the technical barriers to such an intervention seem easily surmountable. Unintended changes in DNA may occur when gametes are manipulated or stored.

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