CRISPR/Cas9: The new genome editing technology that opened the Aeolus' bag of winds (?)

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Published: Nov 22, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/bioeth.19626
Keywords:
bioethics ethics genome editing gene editing CRISPR/Cas9
Βασιλική Μολλάκη (Vassiliki Mollaki)
Hellenic National Bioethics Commission, Athens, Greece
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8479-8704
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