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CRISPRS; HUMAN genetic engineering; DNA modification & restriction; GENOMES; HUMAN genetics; WEIZHI Ji; GENETIC engineering

The author talks about CRISPR-Cas9, a method of editing DNA that can be used to engineer the human race by giving children and their heirs improved genes. Topics include the possibility of creating humans with CRISPR-edited genomes according to biologist Weizhi Ji, experiments that are being carried out to correct the DNA in a woman's egg or a man's sperm, and concerns surrounding the technology including the effect of germ-line engineering on unborn people without their consent.