It is the first genetically modified animal to be approved for human consumption.
Genome modification has various types of possible applications.
These principles dictate a case-by-case premarket assessment that includes an evaluation of both direct and unintended effects.
Second, the distribution and modification levels of 5mC in 4acC peaks and their 1 kb upstream and downstream regions were analyzed.
Even this limited decision, made after years of public and Parliamentary debate, was highly controversial.
Gene therapy raises many of the same social and ethical issues as other high-tech medical treatments, including ethical research practices, safety and effectiveness, unequal access to , and how we allocate resources, but is widely supported as a promising way to treat disease.