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HIV (green) infecting an immune cell

Third person 'cured' of HIV after receiving stem cell cancer treatment

20 February 2023

A man has no signs of an active HIV infection after receiving stem cells from a donor who is resistant to the virus
He Jiankui told scientists of his attempt to edit the CCR5 gene at a summit in 2019

CRISPR babies might live shorter lives due to their gene mutations

3 June 2019

The world's first CRISPR babies were given a mutation thought to cause resistance to HIV. But a new study suggests this mutation may also shorten lifespan
He Jiankui says two babies have been born as part of his CRISPR experiment

World’s first gene-edited babies announced by a scientist in China

26 November 2018

He Jiankui has announced that a pair of twins that were CRISPR gene-edited as embryos have now been born, but the work hasn't yet been independently verified

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