He Jiankui is going to jail. Would the U.S. criminally prosecute a rogue gene-editing researcher? - STAT

He Jiankui is going to jail. Would the U.S. criminally prosecute a rogue gene-editing researcher? - STAT

He Jiankui is going to jail. Would the U.S. criminally prosecute a rogue gene-editing researcher?

By JOSEPHINE JOHNSTON

AP PHOTO/KIN CHEUNG

Creating a gene-edited baby is illegal in China, as He Jiankui has learned. It is also illegal in the United States, though in a distinctly American way.

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