Sen. Cornyn sounds the alarms about potential for startup firm to make gene-edited designer babies
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It could be a brave new world.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn sounded the alarm that a biotech startup firm that has raised some $30 million to study diseases in embryos is working on gene-editing techniques for humans at their earliest stages.
Cornyn (R-Texas) demanded assurances that the Department of Health and Human Services is making sure that Preventive PBC, a San Francisco-based company backed by top tech titans, is adhering to government regulation on gene-editing technology...
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