China may have made the world’s first designer babies despite the risks

A researcher in China’s Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, has claimed that he has created the world’s first gene-edited designer babies. The claim comes as a surprise, as the ethics and safety of this particular form of gene editing are still under debate. According to medical documents published earlier this month, a team led by Jiankui He had been recruiting couples to create the world’s first gene-edited babies with increased resilience to HIV. Claims made about the experimental procedure Using the relatively cheap and easily applicable gene-editing technique called CRISPR/Cas9, the team planned to eliminate the CCR5…

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