Enlarge this image Katie Pope Kopp, 64, of Parkville, Mo., at Union Station in Kansas City this week. Kopp underwent a new…
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2 Chinese Babies With Edited Genes May Face Higher Risk Of Premature Death
by Rob Stein June 3, 2019Enlarge this image The genetic variation Chinese scientist He Jiankui was trying to re-create when he edited twin girls’ DNA may be…
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First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway
by Rob Stein April 16, 2019Enlarge this image CRISPR gene-editing technology allows scientists to make highly precise modifications to DNA. The technology is now starting to be…
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Enlarge this image There was an uproar in 2018 when a scientist in China, He Jiankui, announced that he had successfully used…
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Scientists Call For Global Moratorium On Creating Gene-Edited Babies
by Rob Stein March 13, 2019Enlarge this image There was an uproar in 2018 when a scientist in China, He Jiankui, announced that he had successfully used…
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World Health Organization Forms Committee To Guide Editing Of Human Genes
by Rob Stein February 14, 2019Enlarge this image Scientists around the world criticized Chinese researcher He Jiankui’s experimental editing of DNA in embryos that became twin girls.…
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Enlarge this image Dieter Egli, a developmental biologist at Columbia University, and Katherine Palmerola examine a newly fertilized egg injected with a…
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Enlarge this image There has been a backlash since Chinese scientist He Jiankui’s claim that he edited genes in embryos that became…