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CRISPR babies and other ethical missteps in science threaten China's global standing

  • Written by Caroline Wagner, Milton & Roslyn Wolf Chair in International Affairs, The Ohio State University
CRISPR babies and other ethical missteps in science threaten China's global standingChina's military may bear the brunt of hits to the country's scientific reputation.Roman Pilipey/Pool Photo via AP

“What happened this time was an ethics disaster for the world,” according to Wang Yuedan, a professor of immunology at Peking University, as quoted in The New York Times. He was talking about the recent claim by...

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