It is the first time a country has considered the DNA-altering technique in embryos and approved it.
The
research will take place at the Francis Crick Institute in London and
aims to provide a deeper understanding of the earliest moments of human
life.
It will be illegal for the scientists to implant the modified embryos into a woman.
But the field is attracting controversy over concerns it is opening the door to designer - or GM - babies.
DNA is the blueprint of life - the instructions for building the human body. Gene editing allows the precise manipulation of DNA.
