News about the first baby born after a mitochondrial replacement technique (MRT; specifically maternal spindle transfer) broke on September 27, 2016 and, in a matter of hours, went global. Of special interest was the fact ...

While human genetic modification has long been the subject of bioethical attention, the advent of new ‘genome editing’ techniques such as the CRISPR/Cas system has provoked renewed interest in this area. The comparative ...