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A cutting-edge gene-editing trial in China went disastrously wrong. A family wants accountability (www.science.org)
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[–] dbtng@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

This is sad, but its going to happen quite a few more times before they really understand large scale gene editing. And even after they do understand it better, probably some percentage of the time its gonna go wrong.