Gene editing is being sold on the promise of healthier babies — but what are the ethical concerns?

Gene editing is being sold on the promise of healthier babies — but what are the ethical concerns?

By Charmayne Allison – ABC News It has been seven years since Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui made an announcement that shocked the world’s scientists. He had made the world’s first gene-edited babies. Through rewriting DNA in twin girls’ embryos, the man who would later be dubbed “China’s Frankenstein” claimed he had made them immune to HIV.