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How a geneticist led the effort to free a mother convicted of killing her kids

How a geneticist led the effort to free a mother convicted of killing her kids

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Home Jennie Erin Smith Back To Home Jennie Erin Smith News 2 Jun 2026By Jennie Erin Smith Brain-mapping effort searches for roots of Parkinson’s and other diseases Allen Institute initiative aims to capture earliest cellular changes and identify new drug targets News 12 May 2026By Jennie Erin Smith Most dementia patients have multiple brain diseases. How should they be treated?
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An embryo editing ‘first’ is more complicated than headlines suggest

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Table of contents A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 392, Issue 6803.Download PDF 1.0x 00:00 8:54 1.0x Audio is AI-generated. Report an issue|Give feedback On 4 June, The New York Times posted an online story with a dramatic headline: “In a First, Scientists Precisely Edit Human Embryo Genes.” Others quickly echoed the claim, reigniting a simmering debate over whether it’s safe, ethical, and worthwhile to create gene-edited babies.
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An embryo editing ‘first’ is more complicated than headlines suggest

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1.0x 00:00 8:54 1.0x Audio is AI-generated. Report an issue|Give feedback On 4 June, The New York Times posted an online story with a dramatic headline: “In a First, Scientists Precisely Edit Human Embryo Genes.” Others quickly echoed the claim, reigniting a simmering debate over whether it’s safe, ethical, and worthwhile to create gene-edited babies.
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