Scientists Sound Alarm as Gates, WEF Promote Gene-Editing Technology for Everything From Fake Meat to Designer Babies

CRISPR, a recently developed gene-editing technology is promoted as a potential solution to numerous diseases, to food security and climate change — even as a way to deliver “designer babies” and bring extinct mammals back to life. The technology has attracted significant investments and the attention of actors such as Bill Gates and the World Economic Forum (WEF). But many scientists express concerns about the technology’s potential harmful effects.