A human embryo at the 16-cell stage sits on the tip of a pin. Credit: Dr Yorgos Nikas/Science Photo Library More than four years after the first children with edited genomes were born, genome-editing techniques are still not safe enough to be used in human embryos that are destined for reproduction, organizers of the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing announced at the conclusion of the meeting. Culling vampire bats failed to beat rabies — and made the problem worseResearchers tackle chronic kidney diseaseConfronting racial and ethnic disparities in diabetic kidney diseaseHuge broad-bean genome could improve yields of an underused cropThe giant diploid faba genome unlocks variation in a global protein cropWhat Chernobyl’s stray dogs could teach us about radiationPalacky University (PU)Palacky University (PU)Palacky University (PU)Bangor UniversityRelated Articles