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Emily Mullin

Nov 25, 2019

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There Still Aren’t Any Rules Preventing Rogue Scientists From Making Gene-Edited Babies

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Around this time last November, Chinese scientist He Jiankui stunned the world when he revealed the birth of the first known gene-edited babies. Working in relative secrecy…

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There Still Aren’t Any Rules Preventing Rogue Scientists From Making Gene-Edited Babies

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