A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies. These are twin girls whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life. If this claim is true, it would result in a profound leap in science and ethics.

A scientist from the United States said that he took part in the project in China. This kind of gene-edited babies is banned in the United States. This is because the DNA changes can pass to future generations and it risks harming other genes.

Gene-Edited Babies – Many mainstream scientists think that it is too unsafe to try. Some have denounced the Chinese report as human experimentation. The researcher, He Jiankui of Shenzen, said he alerted embryos for seven couples during fertility treatments, with one pregnancy resulting thus far. He said that his goal was not to prevent or cure any inherited disease. He tried to bestow a trait that few people naturally have. That is an ability to resist possible future infection with HIV, the AIDS virus.

The parents involved in the study have declined to be identified.

There is still no independent confirmation of his claim. It has not been published in a journal where it would be vetted by other experts. The researchers said, “I feel a strong responsibility that it’s not just to make the first gene-edited babies, but also make it an example. Society will decide what to do next.” Some scientists were astounded to hear of the claim. Most have strongly condemned it.

One famous geneticist, Havard University’s George Church defended the attempt. He said that HIV is a “major growing public health threat.” Church added, “I think this is justifiable.”

If the news of the first gene-edited babies is true, it will revolutionize the procedure of disease cure and prevention.

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