Genes for Memes - by afra - Reboot
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He Jiankui and gene editing fantasies
He Jiankui—the Chinese-born, Rice University-trained “mad scientist” who created two genetically edited babies, Lulu and Nana, in 2018—has been disgraced in his home country. He lost his professor job, went to jail for three years in China, and was denied a work visa by the Hong Kong government after release. But on X (formerly Twitter), Dr. He has reinvented himself as a figure of fascination for a certain anxious, transgressive corner of the American public. —Tianyu Fang By Afra Wang In a spartan laboratory, a solitary figure in a white lab coat stands against the backdrop of China’s…
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