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    Fertility clinics around the world asked ‘CRISPR babies’ scientist for how-to help

    A Stanford bioethicist said Chinese scientist He Jiankui was approached by fertility clinics after he announced the births of genome-edited twins.
    by Sharon Begley May 29, 2019 2 minutes
    He Jiankui speaks during the International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong on Nov. 28, 2018.

    The condemnation of the Chinese scientist who created the world’s first genome-edited babies last year was far from universal: A fertility clinic in Dubai emailed He Jiankui on December 5 — just a week after he announced the births — asking if he could teach

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