article_snippet.sent: Chinese scientists have admitted to changing the genes of human embryos for the first time.
article_snippet.sent: Chinese scientists have admitted to changing the genes of human embryos, like the one above, for the first time in history.
article_snippet.sent: A number of other groups around the world are thought to be working on techniques to genetically modify human embryos.
article_snippet.sent: Xingxu Huang, from Shanghai Tech University in China has been seeking permission to perform the technique on discarded human embryos after having successfully using the technique on discarded human embryos to modify monkey embryos that developed into live animals.
article_snippet.sent: Professor George Church, a geneticist at Harvard Medical School is also said to be developing techniques that could be used to modify human embryos.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Luhan Yang, a scientist with Church's group, recently outlined proposals to edit the human germline in an interview with Technology Review.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Yang, however, has been reported to have been involved in a similar project in China.