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This is the world’s first case of gene-edited babies immune to HIV, and shows a historic breakthrough of China in the field of genome editing technique for disease prevention.”
A researcher who has been met with widespread criticism after claiming to have used CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology to alter the embryonic genes of twin girls born earlier this month in China defended the work on Wednesday.