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Today the Allen Institute for Cell Science is releasing a set of gene-edited stem cells to the public that are “pluripotent,” meaning they have the ability to turn into any tissue or organ in the body. But scientists at the institute, founded by Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen, didn’t edit the cells’ genes with the intention of modifying embryos or doing anything else to rankle bioethicists who worry about CRISPR/Cas9 and other emerging gene-editing techniques.
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