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CRISPR babies

Nobel chemistry laureate Jennifer Doudna

Interview: Nobel chemistry laureate Jennifer Doudna on the promise and peril of the genetic editing revolution

By John Mecklin | Biosecurity

Biological researcher He Jiankui (right) attends the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong on November 28, 2018 in Hong Kong, China. Photo by Zhang Wei/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images.

Follow the money: What the sources of Jiankui He’s funding reveal about what Beijing authorities knew about illegal CRISPR babies, and when they knew it

By Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley, Kathleen M. Vogel | Biosecurity

Watch the 2025 Doomsday Clock announcement on January 28