Bill Maher

It holds the potential to cure many forms of cancer.

See, cancers are all generally... And it's done it sometimes, right?

Already?

Sure, yeah.

I mean, it's not in widespread use because there are a lot of ethical issues.

I will tell you, there was a guy, he actually trained as a postdoc at the same time as I did in the United States, then went to China.

He did, he made CRISPR-modified babies.

Okay, this is a well-known, yes, he announced at a meeting that he had taken some kids from IVF.

The report was that the father was HIV positive.

He modified the receptor for HIV in these embryos, and two kids were born with modified genomes.

Now, here's the twist.

From what womb?

They were inserted into the guy's wife, I believe.

So they took the eggs, her egg, his sperm, modified the embryos once the embryos were in a dish using CRISPR.

She carried.

So targeting a specific gene.

I should say when people get really worried about genetic selection, when people partner select their genetic selection,

Right when they go, oh, that person's attractive or successful or kind or whatever.

Two babies.

Yeah, two babies.