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In Chapter 6, author Henry T. Greely describes how news of the birth of gene-edited babies rocked a 2018 summit on human genome editing.

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China Sentences Gene-Editing Scientist to Three Years in Jail

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Fertility Clinics Sought Advice from Scientist Who CRISPRed Babies

WHO Panel Calls For a Registry of Gene-Editing Research in Humans

China Proposes New Gene-Editing Regulations

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CRISPR Babies Trial May Have Been Government Funded

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The US Scientists Who Knew About CRISPRed Babies

Scientist Forged Ethical Reviews for CRISPRed Babies

CRISPR Scientists Slam Methods Used on Gene-Edited Babies

Opinion: Don’t Ban the Use of CRISPR in Embryos

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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Advancing Drug Discovery with Complex Human In Vitro Models

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Redefining Immunology Through Advanced Technologies

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Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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