Experts urge oversight of experiments

Scientists, researchers say gene editing project was unnecessary, irresponsible

The world urgently needs better international oversight of genome editing in human embryos, and to clarify the boundaries for related research, according to an editorial published in the journal Science on Friday.

The editorial, titled Wake-up Call from Hong Kong, is co-written by the presidents of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the United States National Academy of Sciences and the US National Academy of Medicine.