Human Fertility and Embryology Authority give go-ahead for editing of embryos in UK

Go-ahead for miscarriage study that involves changing DNA.

Fertility chiefs have been accused of putting science before ethical principles after giving the go-ahead for scientists to edit the genes of human embryos.

The move by the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which regulates fertility scientists, means the UK is the first country in the western world to allow such research.