The gene editing revelation that shocked the world
5 December 2018
Last week, He Jiankui announced that he had created the world's first gene-edited babies. Scientists around the world have condemned the experiment
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Gene editing is so easy to do that we couldn’t stop it if we wanted to
5 December 2018
Scientists worldwide were shocked by the announcement of the world’s first gene-edited babies last week. Better regulation is necessary – but will be difficult
Gene-editing experiment widely criticised for safety and ethics issues
5 December 2018
The scientist who led an experiment to create gene-edited babies has been criticised for acting unethically towards the couples and infants involved
‘Scientists are now very sure that the babies really were gene-edited’
29 November 2018
He Jiankui has now presented his controversial work at a gene editing summit in Hong Kong. CRISPR expert Helen O’Neill of University College London was there
