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by 1saadcodes 5 days ago
Cases like this are heartbreaking, but they're also a reminder that failures like this ones need to be published just as prominently as success. Gene editing is still a young field, and if negative outcomes remain hidden, other researchers can't properly assess risks or make improvements
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I am baffled by Nature saying would this have been communicated during peer-review this would have been taken into consideration, but because this was discovered after it doesn't count anymore.

It's like a teacher saying if you get caught cheating during the exam you will be punished, but if it's after you can get "scott-free."