Chinese CRISPR gene-edited babies at risk of early death

Last year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world with the revelation the first ever CRISPR gene-edited babies had been born. It was revealed at least two babies had been born with explicit modifications to a gene called CCR5. A massive genome study by two scientists from UC Berkeley has found this CRISPR gene edit may be associated with a higher rate of early mortality in later life.

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• CRISPR
• Deaths
• DNA
• Genetic engineering

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2HUSTGu