Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring ...

A miracle baby who was treated with a pioneering gene-therapy at CHOP has reached a major milestone as he took his first steps.

Gene therapy has always held enormous promise to correct genetic diseases, but turning that potential into treatments has been challenging. In the latest case, the scientists developed a CRISPR ...

From a CRISPR baby to a young AI disruptor, 2025 has seen some serious leaps in science and technology. It's also seen some ...

A Chinese scientist recently claimed he had produced the world’s first gene-edited babies, setting off a global firestorm. If true — the scientist has not yet published data that would confirm it — ...

(NewsNation) — Doctors used personal gene therapy to treat an infant with a deadly genetic disease in a medical first. KJ Muldoon was born in August of 2024, and DNA sequencing revealed he had ...

BEIJING — Hong Kong on Tuesday revoked a visa it granted to a Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate five years ago with claims that he made the world’s first genetically edited babies, ...

Today, he is learning to walk at home with his family. His first steps follow a medical first that changed the course of his life. Earlier this year, physicians at the Children’s Hospital of ...

Genetically engineered humans may still sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the quest to create genetically modified babies is getting a reboot. NPR's health correspondent Rob Stein brings us ...

Two prominent leaders in the scientific community have publicly denounced plans recently announced by Russian molecular biologist Denis Rebrikov, PhD, to use CRISPR technology to edit the DNA of human ...

He Jiankui, PhD, a Chinese scientist who sparked controversy in 2018 after claiming to have genetically modified two human embryos, is on a new scientific endeavor: trying to develop a therapy for ...

The birth of the world’s first gene edited babies shocked scientists and governments alike. Using CRISPR technology, a Chinese researcher altered human embryos in a way many consider reckless. This ...