The scientists claimed to have moved a step closer to curing HIV, image via Imagine China
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Chinese scientists gene-edited baby experiment may have ill-treated ethical norms

According to a new report published by MIT, the Chinese scientists who claimed to have made two baby girls immune to HIV caused unintended mutations and violated a number of ethical and scientific norms. The report also said that the scientists were not able to reproduce the breakthrough and the full effects of the gene-editing are still unknown.

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