Top Scientists Call for Moratorium Blocking Gene-Edited Babies; Critics Want Action

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By Anna Funk
Mar 13, 2019 11:00 PMNov 23, 2019 12:45 AM
He Jiankui Hong Kong 2018 - Mastroianni/Discover
Chinese scientist He Jiankui presents his research in Hong Kong in November 2018. (Credit: Ernie Mastroianni/Discover)

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More than a dozen top scientists from seven countries are calling for world governments to adopt a moratorium on what scientists call heritable genome editing.

They’re on a mission to make sure the world doesn’t see any more gene-edited babies — not till we’re good and ready — and they’ve got a plan to stop it.

The group penned a commentary published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The effort was led by Eric Lander, director of the Broad Institute and a professor at both MIT and Harvard University.

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