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The road to enhancement, via human gene editing, is paved with good intentions

  • Written by John Evans, Professor of Sociology, University of California San Diego
A Chinese scientist claims he edited the DNA of twin girls during an in vitro fertilization procedure. CI Photos / Shutterstock.com

It appears that researchers in China have facilitated the birth of the first “designer baby” – actually babies, twin girls who are supposedly genetically resistant to HIV. The scientist who created...

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