A US biotech company backed by Sam Altman and Brian Armstrong is reportedly pursuing embryo editing to produce a child free of hereditary illness
A US startup funded by Silicon Valley billionaires has been secretly working on an embryo-editing project that could lead to the birth of a “genetically engineered baby,” free of hereditary illnesses and with higher intelligence, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Although gene-editing technology is already used for postnatal treatments, allowing scientists to edit genes in embryos with the intent of creating babies remains banned in the US and many other countries.
According to the report…
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