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BEIJING  — China has unveiled draft regulations on gene editing and other potentially risky biomedical technologies after a Chinese scientist’s claim of helping to create gene-edited babies roiled the global science community.

Under the proposed measures, technology involving gene editing, gene transfer, and gene regulation would be categorized as “high-risk” and managed by the health department of the State Council, China’s Cabinet.

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