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So the first (of many) books about CRISPR babies is out. "The CRISPR Generation" by @kiranmusunuru , a gene editor at Penn Medicine.

First hand account of being let in on He Jiankui's big secret and what he learned.

amazon.com/Crispr-Generat…
Musunuru is first with a CRISPR babies book. He did it by self-publishing with @BookBaby . Interesting model!

There are several other CRISPR books underway, we reported.

technologyreview.com/f/613908/crisp…
You can hear Musunuru talk about his experience on the @laurahercher podcast The Beagle Has Landed (interview from a while back, but covers material also in book. )
beaglelanded.com/podcasts/kiran…
@laurahercher hey @bookbaby why don't you tell us in replies to this thread how self publishing works and what it costs.
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Antonio Regalado
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Three people convicted in the CRISPR baby case are

We all know who He Jiankui is. But who the heck are Zhang Renli (two years) and Qin Jinzhou (18 months)??

Turns out they are the embryologists. THREAD on why that matters.
So He submitted a paper to Nature (and later JAMA) detailing the editing of human embryos which lists ten authors, nearly all from the Southern University of Science and Technology.

We got a copy of it a while back and you can see some excerpts here. technologyreview.com/f/614779/china…
So Qin Jinzhou is the first author listed on the draft manuscript and given his expertise, in embryology, you can infer he actually injected the CRISPR into the embryos.
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Veritas Genetics which tried to make a business offering inexpensive whole genome sequencing to consumers, is going out of business in the U.S., looks like.

Had problems including a data breach and just a lack of demand from people to know their genes.
"Veritas in July said that it had sequenced 5,000 genomes, with a goal of sequencing more than 150,000 in 2021. The company has raised more than $50 million in venture funding, according to Crunchbase."

From story last month reporting the databreach. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
In 2017 we reported Veritas going to offer whole genome sequencing for Chinese kids, but planned offerings to that market -- predictions about baldness, musical talent -- were condemned by expert opinion here.

The china baby plan was quickly cancelled

technologyreview.com/s/608086/baby-…
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Antonio Regalado
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What do you think? Should the complete text, including scientific data, of He Jiankui's manuscripts about the CRISPR babies manuscripts become public?
further reasons that didnt fit in the poll

Pro release:
-demonstrate that direct embryo editing still not reliable
-stop next He
-defy Chinese state censorship of affair

anti release:
-research incomplete
-leave it to the authors
-no peer review
In the accompanying item, @kiranmusunuru argues why the information should be public. technologyreview.com/s/614762/crisp…
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