Controversial CRISPR scientist promises “no more gene-edited babies” until society comes around
MIT Technology Review·2024-07-27 07:00
He Jiankui, the Chinese biophysicist whose controversial2018 experiment led to the birth of three gene-edited children, says he’s returned to work on the concept of altering the DNA of people at conception, but with a difference.
This time around, he says, he will restrict his research to animals and nonviable human embryos. He will not try to create a pregnancy, at least until society comes to accept his vision for “genetic vaccines” against common diseases.
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