Ethics, CRISPR, and Human Genome Editing by Robert Streiffer
In November 2018, Dr. He Jiankui announced to the world the birth of the first gene-edited babies. He is now in jail for what he did. The technology Dr. He used, known as CRISPR, is the latest and most powerful development in our ability to alter the genomes of living organisms. Under what circumstances, if any, is it ethical to use on humans?