Nov 26, 2018
HONG KONG | AP Exclusive: First gene-edited babies claimed in China
HONG KONG | AP Exclusive: First gene-edited babies claimed in China
HONG KONG — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.
If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics.
A U.S. scientist said he took part in the work in China, but this kind of gene editing is banned in the United States…
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