UK scientists get go-ahead to edit human embryos
February 01, 2016 at 10:43 AM EST
Scientists in the U.K. have gained permission to modify the genetic make-up of human embryos for the first time. On Monday, the Francis Crick Institute, a biomedical research center in London, said its application to use "genome editing" techniques on human embryos had been approved by the U.K.' s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.