The Moral Conundrum of Gene-Edited Babies
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English - December 01, 2018 15:27 - 5 minutes - 5.44 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The scientific community was taken by surprise this week when a Chinese researcher announced that two genetically modified babies under his watch had been born. This opened up a whole bunch of ethical problems that philosophers and scientists have been trying to grapple with. Oliver Whang brings us the story.
Illustration by Diego Patiño for Pacific Standard Magazine.