The Case for CRISPR Babies
Some families with genetic diseases are finding hope in the controversial technology
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8 min readJan 23, 2019
In November 2018, a Rubicon was crossed in biomedical science. Chinese researcher He Jiankui announced he had created the first “CRISPR babies” — infants whose genomes were edited before they were born. The outcry was swift and scathing. Scientists condemned the experiments as…
