Gene-editing experts condemn scientist's designer babies 'stunt'

A Chinese scientist's claim that he edited DNA in embryos that developed into twin baby girls has set off a scientific and ethics firestorm that has drawn in a developer of the gene-editing technology and a genetics watchdog who has long warned of science creating "designer babies." Both Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley, and Marcy Darnovsky, executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society, condemned the work of He Jiankui, whose lab at Southern University of Science…
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