科学家首次精确编辑人类胚胎基因 (opens in new tab)

CARL ZIMMER2026年6月5日研究人员修改了影响血液中低密度脂蛋白胆固醇和血红蛋白水平的基因。 Claude Cortier/Science SourceScientists at Columbia University have edited the DNA of early human embryos with unprecedented accuracy, an achievement that could open the way to babies engineered with particular characteristics.哥伦比亚大学科学家以前所未有的精确度编辑了早期人类胚胎的DNA，这一成果可能为培育具有特定特征的“定制婴儿”打开大门。The prospect has fueled controversy for years. On the one hand, the technology might one day enable parents to safely repair disease-causing mutations in embr...