First human embryos are edited in the US in a controversial step towards creating ‘designer babies’ Prison Planet.com Posted on July 27, 2017 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Sci Tech Daily Mail | A controversial technique that lets scientists ‘edit’ genes in a human embryo has been successfully used for the first time in the US. Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email