First Gene-Edited Babies Claimed
November 26, 2018
A researcher in China claims to have helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies, setting off alarms about what, if true, would represent a major shift in science and ethics. Indeed, it was the prospect of just such use of a powerful new gene-editing tool called CRISPR/Cas9 that catalyzed an international summit on the technology, and Issues captured some of the presentations in a series of articles examining its social, legal, ethical, and policy implications now and into the future. A second international summit on human gene editing begins November 27 in Hong Kong and will be streamed live.