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Altering the CCR5 gene: The flip side

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In this October 10, 2018 photo, Professor He Jiankui speaks during an interview at a laboratory in Shenzhen in southern China’s Guangdong province. (Photo: AP)

MANY people perhaps have heard the outcry against Chinese scientist Professor He Jiankui who spearheaded the editing of the genes of twin girls, Lulu and Nana, after their conception in China, to make them impervious to HIV infection. The aim of the research was to show that it might be possible for the children to never be infected by HIV over the course of their lives. Read More

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