CRISPR Baby: Pandora’s Pipette and the Cost of Advancing

September 14th, 2025 by

Several years after the first CRISPR babies was born, their creator was jailed. Today, three genetically modified individuals live among us, anonymously. Their futures hang in the balance between disease resistance and shortened lifespans. When I first heard about CRISPR, I didn’t marvel at its brilliance. Instead, I wondered if we had cracked open another …