With that powerful evolutionary selection force, the gene can become common in a population. Recently, scientists were astonished to find that some individuals did not become infected with HIV ...

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That rogue scientist who created HIV-resistant designer babies is apparently gearing up for more human gene-editing research.

Lentiviral systems for gene delivery are generally derived from the human immunodeficiency virus. The VDL utilizes a vector construct that employs a nonhomologous viral envelope (derived from the ...

Chinese scientist He Jiankui set off global outrage and landed in prison after he skirted ethical guidelines and claimed he had produced genetically modified babies designed to resist HIV infection.

Researchers are therefore exploring other ways to protect cells from HIV, including using CRISPR gene editing to disable or delete CCR5 receptors on immune cells. But there is an urgent need for ...

had edited the genes of human embryos to create the first “CRISPR babies.” The team claimed to have done the procedure to ensure that the resulting children were resistant to HIV. The first ...