Scientists Cite ‘Unintended Mutations’ In Chinese GMO Baby

In 2018, He Jiankui created a storm of protest when he used CRISPR technology to produce HIV resistance twins. Now it appears that he not only failed, but created unwanted mutations. Other geneticists are calling him a fraud, an idiot, or both. ⁃ TN EditorThe gene editing performed on Chinese twins to immunise them against HIV may have failed and created unintended mutations, scientists have said after the original research was made public for the first time.
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