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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 1 Feb 2016

    UK scientists win permission to genetically modify human embryos for the first timehttp://bbc.in/1Q6lsKv 

    1:43 AM - 1 Feb 2016
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    • Lee Jennifer (Jenni) Ngamyoe Dilara Akıncı Jack Martin-Hughes Pingpong 👑 Kevin Taylor 4273π Pherry•
    135 replies 1,637 retweets 1,107 likes
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      2. BUMPY BALL 2 COINS ONLY‏ @tresdessert 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking @BBCNews science is going too far!!!!!!pic.twitter.com/QRzTSWbk4O

        1 reply 6 retweets 40 likes
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      2. Rory McDonald‏ @DgtalDreamLife 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @vip_cyp That is going to be a very slippery slope. Either we can help lots of people or we could destroy ourselves...

        2 replies 3 retweets 3 likes
      3. Valentinos ORPHANOS‏ @vip_cyp 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @DgtalDreamLife

        @DgtalDreamLife @BBCBreaking Rather the latter Rory! The race to create #Superman is on...

        0 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
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      1. BUMPY BALL 2 COINS ONLY‏ @tresdessert 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking @BBCNews can't believe THIS could soon be walking the streets of Little Bigginpic.twitter.com/N60ZJbufEc

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      1. James‏ @J3Lyon 1 Feb 2016
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews finally. Now we can start curing stuff.

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      1. Colin Turner‏ @Colin81947 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews Does this mean gm babies will be Tory from birth or even conception?

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      2. Sleepy‏ @SleepyJirachi 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @Patterrz Holy shit

        2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
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      1. Hux‏ @Kevin_Huxley 1 Feb 2016
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews this is the beginning of the end.

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      1. han‏ @hannaarrh 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        When science gets taken too far 😷“@BBCBreaking: UK scientists win permission to genetically modify human embryos for the first time”

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      1. Harrison Smith‏ @HarrisonSmith85 1 Feb 2016
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        @BBCBreaking @vip_cyp @BBCNews Gatica, we have arrived

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      2. Aura Walker MA, CHt‏ @Hypnosis_in_LA 1 Feb 2016
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews GMO'ing human embryos is playing God. #dangerous

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Mondo‏ @Raypatt71 1 Feb 2016
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews Frankenstein time!

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      1. Alien‏ @aline_alien_ 1 Feb 2016
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews Hope for people with defective chromosomes!

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      1. Mazi Uzoho uzoma‏ @UzomaUzoho 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking. The end is here, soon we will. Have human reptile.

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      2. Michael Phillips‏ @MyGrayMatter 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews on embryos in the first 7 days after fertilization & could explain what goes wrong in miscarriage; still misunderstood

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Iyani Banda‏ @ianbanda2 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking so many movies out there that tell us this is wrong and we still want to do it

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Corey Lane‏ @CptJellyPants 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @ianbanda2

        @ianbanda2 @BBCBreaking "Movies" key word there. Its a good thing, it will do a lot for the future

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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