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The CRISPR Babies
In 2018 news broke that a Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, had used CRISPR to edit human embryos, and twin girls had been born as a result. The story set off an explosive bioethical controversy. As gene editing expert Kira...
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The CRISPR Babies is an episode from Distillations: Science + Culture + History by Science History Institute. In 2018 news broke that a Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, had used CRISPR to edit human embryos, and twin girls had been born as a...
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Published Sep 11, 2025, 53:33 long, audio available.
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