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Forget designer babies. This is how CRISPR is really changing lives End-shutdown
Even then, patients will not receive the treatments if insurers and governments refuse to pay. It is a real risk. For example, a different gene therapy for beta-thalassemia, developed by Bluebird Bio, was withdrawn from the European market after governments refused to pay the $1.8 million price tag. CRISPR 2.0 The first generation of CRISPR […]
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For the man behind the gene-edited babies, a difficult return to science End-shutdown
Five years ago, scientist He Jiankui shocked his peers and the world with claims that he created the first gene-edited babies. Now, after spending three years in a Chinese prison for practicing medicine without a license, he faces obstacles and criticism as he tries to re-enter science. For months he has been touting plans to […]