God and the genome: As scientists cross new frontiers, a geneticist seeks allies among the faithful

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God and the genome: As scientists cross new frontiers, a geneticist seeks allies among the faithful
Religious leaders and bioethicists have debated genome editing for decades, but it's largely been a theoretical consideration.

RANDALLSTOWN, Md. – Is the human genome sacred? Does editing it violate the idea that we’re made in God’s image or, perhaps worse, allow us to “play God”? It’s hard to imagine weightier questions. And so to address them, Ting Wu is starting small. Last month, the geneticist was here in a conference room outside Baltimore,…