OHSU's Mitalipov condemns Chinese scientist who produced first gene-edited babies

Shoukhrat Mitalipov, who directs the OHSU Center for Embryonic and Gene Therapy, is among those criticizing a Chinese scientist who claims to have edited a gene in two human embryos and implanted them in the mother ’s womb, creating the world’s first genetically edited babies. Chinese authorities suspended the research activities of He Jiankui, an associate professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen. They called his claim to have altered the twin girls’ genes…
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