The New Yorker documented the life-changing ambitions of He Jiankui, the scientist who gene edited human babies, leading to infamy and prison.
, the Chinese scientist whose CRISPR gene editing of human babies led to infamy and a prison sentence.
"I understand my work will be controversial," he said later. "But I believe families need this technology, and I’m willing to take the criticism for them." In one instance, the profile notes, JK met James Watson, one of the people who discovered the double-helix structure of DNA strands who has, unfortunately, spent his twilight years being a. The Chinese scientist asked the DNA pioneer whether or not editing embryos was an acceptable thing to do; Watson responded with a hand-written note that said "Make people better," which JK hung up in his lab.
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