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China is launching a probe into Chinese researcher’s claim of creating the world’s first ‘genetically edited’ babies
Jiankui has alleged that the girls had their embryos modified in order to give them an advantage…
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Genetically modified 'designer babies' might be okay, according to a top ethics council
Researchers familiar with genetic editing technology think we'll almost certainly see efforts to en…
Kevin Loria
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China’s gene-editing Frankenstein jailed for three years in modified baby case
Chinese scientist He Jiankui, who created the world’s first “gene-edited” babies, has been senten…
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A Chinese scientist claims to have genetically-engineered babies - here's what editing DNA means
That is, except for the work of Dr. He Jiankui. He claims to have used CRISPR to target and knock o…
Andrea Schmitz,Benji Jones
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Oxitec CEO: This is the worst-case scenario for unleashing genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild
So if that lethal gene doesn't work, the worst that could happen is that it doesn't do the job of c…
Lydia Ramsey
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This is the game-changing technology that was used to genetically modify a human embryo
Experts even think these types of changes could eventually help treat complex conditions with genet…
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British scientists just got a green light to genetically modify human embryos, but there's an important catch
This won't be the first time CRISPR has been used to edit human embryos. Last April, scientists in …
Tanya Lewis
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This is the game-changing technology that's just been used to genetically modify a human embryo
Researchers are developing ways to use CRISPR to treat genetic conditions like sickle-cell anemia a…
Kevin Loria,Jennifer Welsh
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Anyone could theoretically set up a lab able to genetically modify human embryos for less than $2,000
The Sun Yat-sen University group tried to edit the DNA of 86 embryos (all nonviable). Of the 71 tha…
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The biggest biotech discovery of the century will make designer babies and genetically edited humans possible
Researchers are developing ways to use CRISPR to treat genetic conditions like sickle-cell anemia a…
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Chinese scientists genetically engineered monkeys to reveal some fascinating clues about autism
Autism often involves repetitive behaviors and problems with social interaction. In Rett Syndrome, …
Tanya Lewis
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Scientists are trying to use genetically engineered mosquitoes to stop the rapidly-spreading Zika virus
To treat these diseases, scientists have started looking into how to stop the mosquitoes. One step …
Lydia Ramsey
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Congress just put a massive roadblock in the way of genetically editing human embryos
The funding ban comes on the heels of an international summit on human gene editing in Washington, …
Tanya Lewis
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Scientists Grow Fluorescent Green Rabbits
This also is not the first time a rabbit has been genetically modified to glow bright green, either…
Robert Ferris
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The Chinese scientist who claims to have edited baby DNA is reportedly not under house arrest after all
It certainly wasn't always this bleak for the scientist local media have begun calling "China's Fra…
Christian Edwards,Christian E…
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Scientists edited the DNA of human embryos that could become people for the first time - here are the implications for 'designer babies'
The new study is a significant advancement from the first experiments on human embryos using CRISPR…
Erin Brodwin
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Designer babies are coming - here's why some think that's a good thing
Others saw this work as the scary sign of a dark future: These embryos were non-viable, meaning the…
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Scientists may soon be able to 'cut and paste' DNA to cure deadly diseases and design perfect babies
There's a scarier possibility linked with CRISPR, too: Scientists - or anyone with access to a basi…
Tanya Lewis
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Designer babies will just be a logical continuation of the way we've long approached parenting
All of this is mostly hypothetical, of course, until CRISPR can be coaxed to work almost 100% perfe…
Ellie Kincaid
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Hundreds of scientists just met in DC and had heated discussions about whether or not they should alter genes in human babies
In addition to diseases with a relatively straightforward cause, gene editing could also be used, i…