Scientists edit human embryos for first time in US

WASHINGTON - Scientists have genetically engineered human embryos for the first time in the United States, according to a report in MIT Technology Review magazine.

The effort, led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health & Science University, involved changing the DNA of a large number of one-cell embryos with the gene-editing technique CRISPR, according to the report, released on Wednesday.

Ma Hong, a staff scientist at Mitalipov's lab, said the team's paper is about to be published and that, for the moment, she cannot reveal any information about the research.