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Summary: A Chinese scientist set off a firestorm recently when he claimed he'd created the world's first gene-edited babies . He Jiankui says he altered the genes of twin girls while they were embryos, to protect them from the HIV virus. Dr. Leah Burke, a pediatric geneticist and professor at the University of Vermont , said she was appalled by the news.