  Moreover, new genome editing technologies are now being used to modify sperm, eggs, and embryos. Indeed, although genome editing for reproductive purposes is implicitly or explicitly prohibited in most countries, in November 2018, Chinese researcher He Jiankui used it to modify human embryos (Kirksey 2021). He and his team edited the embryos to disable a genetic pathway that HIV uses to infect cells. According to reports, three babies have been born from the edited embryos