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

There Still Aren’t Any Rules Preventing Rogue Scientists From Making Gene-Edited Babies
The anniversary of He Jiankui’s fraught experiment brings more questions than answers
Emily Mullin
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7 min read·
Nov 25, 2019
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Illustration: Nan Lee
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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Written by Emily Mullin
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Former staff writer at Medium, where I covered biotech, genetics, and Covid-19 for OneZero, Future Human, Elemental, and the Coronavirus Blog.
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