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Gene-altering scientist says he would modify his own kids

The Chinese biologist who altered the genes of human embryos in an ethically flawed experiment that led to the birth of twin girls reportedly immune to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was grilled by his peers and media at a seminar in Hong Kong on Wednesday. He Jiankui, an associate professor at the Shenzhen-based Southern […]

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