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Rogue Chinese scientist made 'foolish' choice in gene-edited babies

A rogue Chinese scientist who caused outrage last year when he said he had created the world's first "gene-edited" babies in an attempt to protect them from HIV may also have put them at risk with a "foolish" choice of gene, experts said on Monday. [Source]

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Origin: reuters.com

Category: scienceNews

Topics: babies, choice, scientist, Chinese, experts, "foolish", protect, attempt, "gene-edited", first, world's, created, outrage, caused, rogue, gene-edited, 'foolish', Rogue

Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/rXxpQ-a3XDY/rogue-chinese-scientist-made-foolish-choice-in-gene-edited-babies-idUSKCN1T41ZO