Chinese scientists first to genetically modify human embryos, critics lash out

In a move that is both groundbreaking and extremely controversial, a group of Chinese scientists released a study detailing their experiments with genetically engineered human embryos. Editing the DNA of humans has long been considered an ethical taboo in the field of science, and the experiments performed by Junjiu Huang and his colleagues at the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China have been heavily criticized by both scientists and watchdog groups on the lookout for violations of human ethics.
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