New breakthroughs may bring us closer to gene-edited babies. Is that a good thing?

First In-Vivo Gene-Editing Therapy Successfully Saves Newborn's Life in 2025

In 2025, doctors and scientists in the U.S. successfully performed the world's first custom gene-editing therapy inside a living person—a ne

The Guardian view on gene-edited humans: darker uses must be acknowledged alongside medical ones

Improved CRISPR base editing shows safer embryo gene editing, but major ethical questions remain

A US team has used an improved CRISPR technique called base editing to edit human embryos without introducing harmful mutations, marking a p

Precision gene editing technologies: From proof-of-concept to clinical therapies

This review article examines the evolution of gene therapy from gene addition to precise genome editing, focusing on breakthrough technologi

Scientists Edit Human Embryo Genes Again, Reviving Ethical Debate Over Designer Babies

Scientists have once again edited the genetic code of human zygotes (embryos at the earliest single-cell stage), reigniting the ethical deba

Base editing in human embryos corrects some mutations but introduces others, preprint shows

A preprint released by geneticist Dieter Egli and collaborators at Columbia University demonstrates the use of base editing in human embryos