He Jiankui tried to protect ‘CRISPR babies’ against HIV. But his attempted fix shortens lives, study shows

(By Sharon Begley for STAT)

Last January, the Chinese scientist who created the first “CRISPR babies” — twin girls born from gene-edited embryos — sent an American bioethicist friend an email suggesting he was having second thoughts about what he’d done. Continue reading article here…

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