ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Perspectives of genome editing in humans: risks, problems and legal regulation

Pestrikova AA
About authors

Togliatti State University, Togliatti, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Anastasia A. Pestrikova
ul. Michurina, 154–165, Samara, 443086, Russia; ur.xednay@108aisatsana

Received: 2022-04-21 Accepted: 2022-05-27 Published online: 2022-06-30
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