Bowers believes that although the use of CRISPR-Cas9 to create the world’s first designer babies was unethical, it’s opened an important discussion to the public about a very promising technology.

KJ received the bespoke CRISPR treatment 6.5 months after birth, receiving three infusions of the therapy as of April 2025. Those delivered the gene-editing treatment, wrapped in fatty lipid ...

Day 6 Canadian scientists fear blowback over CRISPR babies could undermine their work Canada already has some of the world's strictest regulations around the use of gene editing ...

In KJ’s case, CRISPR was moved from the lab into his own body. The work built on research Musunuru has been conducting to fix a genetic mutation in the PCSK9 gene responsible for increasing LDL ...

A baby boy with a life-threatening genetic condition has become the first person to receive a bespoke CRISPR gene-editing treatment, giving a glimpse into what the future of medicine might look like.

Bring up germline editing, and most scientists cringe. The idea behind the notorious CRISPR-baby scandal, editing reproductive cells or embryos tinkers with DNA far beyond just the patient—any changes ...

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A year after the first CRISPR babies, stricter regulations are now in place Françoise Baylis - December 11, 2019 Once convention, genomic editing is now heavily regulated by the World Health ...

Watch the on-demand video of the Roundtables session, CRISPR Babies: Six years later. Available only to MIT Alumni and subscribers. Featured speakers are He Jiankui, CRISPR Pioneer, Antonio ...

His condition, known as CPS1 deficiency, is one of a group of metabolic diseases with no cure. Half of all babies born with the condition die in their first week of life. Patients who survive are ...