Gene-Edited Babies: What a Chinese Scientist Told an American Mentor

Then, because journal review takes time, Dr. Quake said he advised Dr. He not to go public in Hong Kong, but to speak privately with key experts there so they can “get socialized to what’s coming and will be more likely to comment favorably on your work.” “He was spinning up this huge press thing around it,” Dr. Quake explained in the interview. Asked if he should have handled things differently, Dr. Quake said: “Well, hindsight is 20-20.

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