Tech billionaires want to make gene-edited babies
MOST STORIES about gene-edited children begin with He Jiankui, a rogue Chinese scientist who, in 2018, announced that he had created the world’s first such babies in secret. His reckless and illegal act may soon fade into the background, though, as new efforts to create gene-edited babies take off, this time promoted and funded by the billionaires of Silicon Valley.
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