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Stanford biotechnology professor is under investigation for possible involvement with a Chinese scientist who produced gene-edited babies

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Biotechnology professor Dr. Stephen Quake (pictured) has been accused by the president of a Chinese university of participating in a controversial human gene editing experiment which bore twins girls in October

Biotechnology professor Dr. Stephen Quake (left) has been accused by the president of a Chinese university of participating in a controversial human gene editing experiment which bore twins girls in October. Dr. He Jiankui (right), who was Dr. Quake’s academic advisee at Stanford University eight years ago, succeeded in editing the genetics of two human embryos to prevent HIV from infecting the resulting children

A Stanford professor is under investigation for the role he may have played in the birth of the world’s first genetically-edited babies at the direction of a Chinese scientist. Read More

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