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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

Second CRISPR-Modified Pregnancy May Be Underway

Rice University Professor Helped Generate CRISPR’d Babies

Claim of First Gene-Edited Babies Triggers Investigation

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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