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Did He Jiankui 'Make People Better'? Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies

  • Written by G. Owen Schaefer, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
Did He Jiankui 'Make People Better'? Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babiesHe Jiankui seemed unprepared for the furor set off by his bombshell announcement.The He Lab/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

In the four years since an experiment by disgraced scientist He Jiankui resulted in the birth of the first babies with edited genes, numerous articles, books and internationalcommissions have reflected on whether and how heritable...

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