Doctors altered a person’s genes with CRISPR for the first time in the U.S.

Testing a cure for sickle cell using a autologous stem cell transplant with CRISPR modified cells has now been performed in the US.

That seems like really huge news on many fronts?

Sounds like this would only work for blood cells--and only by doing a procedure similar to a bone marrow transplant.

2019

"For the first time" publicly shared. After the news of gene editing embryos without consent or knowledge in 2019 can we please be a little more realistic about what underpaid scientists chasing grants are willing to do and disclose?

> After the news of gene editing embryos without consent or knowledge in 2019

Can you provide more info on this? I wasn't able to find anything specific.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/china/gene-scientist-china-in...

However, despite what the gp posted, it didn't seem like He Jiankui's motivation was chasing grants.

I thought you meant in the US.

For scientists chasing grants their currency is publications. There's little point in performing expensive experiments if you can't get a nature paper for your CV out of it.