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Baby gene edits could affect a range of traits

Gene targeted for its role in HIV is linked to increased severity of other infectious diseases — and has implications for learning in mice.
  1. David Cyranoski

    1. David Cyranoski reports for Nature from Shanghai, China.

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Chinese scientist He Jiankui’s extraordinary claim two weeks ago that he had helped to make the first babies — twin girls — with edited genomes shocked the world. Many questions remain about the experiments, but among researchers’ chief concerns are the potential effects of the genetic alterations on the girls’ health.

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