At most he achieved that these kids don’t get infected if exposed. That is very far away from a cure. The gene he chose to edit is also not necessarily the best for the purpose, although I don’t recall the reasons anymore.
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Dkarma@lemmy.world 7 months agoHe cured aids.
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Lame, he should have gave them superpowers or 4 arms or something cool like that. Why do mad scientist shit if you’re not going to go nuts with it?
maculata@aussie.zone 7 months ago
He CLAIMS he stopped a child from being susceptible to HIV.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Are you suggesting that a doctor who forged ethics documentation and performed experimental gene editing on humans would overstate the impact of his work? Pffft.
maculata@aussie.zone 7 months ago
God Forbid