China’s CRISPR Twins Might Have Brain-Enhanced Intelligence
The renegade scientist who edited the gene of twin girls said it was for HIV resistance, but now it is learned that the same gene is directly related to enhanced cognition. This may have been the real goal from the beginning. ⁃ TN EditorNew research suggests that a controversial gene-editing experiment to make children resistant to HIV may also have enhanced their ability to learn and form memories.
he brains of two genetically edited girls born in China last year may have been changed in
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