Gene Editing Offers Promise of Personalized Health Care -- Here's How to Play It

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Gene Editing Offers Promise of Personalized Health Care -- Here's How to Play ItA Chinese researcher announced on YouTube that he had successfully modified the genes of Lulu and Nana, healthy newborn twins. According to a Scientific American report, He Jiankui, a professor at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, claims that he used CRISPR-Case 9 gene editing to prevent the spread of HIV. The twins' father is HIV positive.


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