Alarm over plan for more gene-editing in babies

Two top scientists have condemned plans by Russian scientist Denis Rebrikov to CRISPR a new batch of babies. Former FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, who heads up an international advisory committee on human genome editing, along with Victor Dzau, president of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, told STAT executive editor Rick Berke that they’re deeply troubled by Rebrikov’s plans to produce gene-edited babies. But they also don't know what their organizations can do to stop him.

“This is crazy — and it worries me tremendously,” Dzau said.

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