The Following Questions for Readings: "Germ-Line Gene Therapy," LeRoy Walters

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The Following Questions For Readings: "Germ-Line Gene Therapy," LeRoy Walters and Julie Gage Palmer
-A consideration against germ-line gene therapy says that if germ-line gene therapy has negative effects, those effects will impact both the recipient of the intervention as well as

• A) all the recipient's descendants.
• B) the recipient's relatives.
• C) the first generation after the recipient.
• D) the second generation after the recipient.

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