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Gene-edited babies: What went wrong and what could go wrong

30 Apr 2019

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During the second World Summit of Human Gene Editing, Jiankui He presented the geneediting project that led to the birth of two baby girls with man-made C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) mutations.This extremely irresponsible behavior violated the ethical consensus of scientists all over the world.His presentation revealed a troubling lack not only of basic medical ethics but also of the requisite...

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PMID: 31039144
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000224

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