Scientist’s gene-edited baby claim sparks furor in China

BEIJING/SHANGHAI — Chinese officials and scientists denounced on Tuesday the claims of a geneticist who said he had created the first gene-edited babies and a hospital linked to his research suggested its ethical approval had been forged. More than 100 scientists said in an open letter the use of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to edit the genes...

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