Shock greets claim of CRISPR-edited babies.

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Author(s): Normile, Dennis (AUTHOR); Cohen, Jon (AUTHOR)
Source:
Science. 11/30/2018, Vol. 362 Issue 6418, p978-979. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.

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- Subject Terms:
  MEDICAL research ethics; CRISPRS; GENOME editing; EMBRYOS; CELL receptors; SCIENTISTS' attitudes; HIV prevention
- Abstract:
  The article discusses controversy regarding the use of the gene editing technique CRISPR by researcher He Jiankui to edit the DNA of twin baby girls. Topics include the purported lack of sufficient ethical deliberation involved in the editing, an attempt to disable the white blood cell receptor CCR5 in the twins' DNA to resist HIV infection, and the views of scientists regarding the ethical implications of He's approach.