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Experts warned current scientific techniques are not yet safe to be used to create gene-edited babies

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Experts have claimed that current scientific techniques are not yet safe to be used to create gene-edited babies. The technology could one day prevent parents from passing on heritable diseases to children, but the committee says much more research is needed. The world's first gene-edited babies were born in China in November 2018. The scientist responsible was jailed, amid a fierce global backlash.