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This is a special Straits Times resource for pre-university students as part of The Straits Times-Ministry of Education News Outreach Programme.
The team behind the ST-MOE News Outreach Programme has compiled a series of news resources for you. This week, we look at biotechnology and its implications.
Singapore’s bioethics advisory committee urges caution on heritable gene editing
The Ministry of Health has not approved heritable gene editing as there is currently insufficient evidence of its safety.
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Recent advancements in gene-editing technologies have made it easier to modify a person’s DNA, offering hope for treating serious inherited conditions or diseases like cancer.
But complex ethical issues are raised.
Among these technologies, heritable gene editing is the most controversial because it changes the genetic make-up of future generations.
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