China says doctor behind gene-edited babies acted on his own

Monday, January 21, 2019 - 04:50 in Health & Medicine

Chinese investigators have determined that the doctor behind the reported birth of two babies whose genes had been edited in hopes of making them resistant to the AIDS virus acted on his own and will be punished for any violations of the law, a state media report said Monday.

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