CRISPR is used to cut DNA (green) ELLA MARU STUDIO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
At least 86 people have been treated with the CRISPR genome-editing method in China since 2015. We know this thanks to , who spoke with many of the people carrying out these first trials.
The WSJ says this means China is racing ahead in gene editing, while the US is being left behind. But this is rather misleading.
For starters, the first-ever use of gene editing to treat people was in the US, in 2009.…
