US Nobelist was told of gene-edited babies

[RockRaven]

1. In the blurb, 3 of the 4 sentences quoted from that email seem appropriate, but the 1st one? Yech!

"I'm glad for you, but I'd rather not be kept in the loop on this" is going to get more attention than his admonishment. And probably should. Because an appropriate response would have been just the admonishment (and then some), not the warm fuzzy feelings and a request for plausible deniability.

From what I've seen, heard, and read from other sources, this undertaking is an bioethical horror show. And the fact that Mello stayed on for eight more months, and only left as an advisor after the widespread and justified (as far as I can tell from what's publicly available) uproar is NOT exactly awe inspiring. If he had ethical concerns, he should have cut ties sooner. If he didn't have ethical concerns, he's a f-ing moral monster (again, this judgement is based on what's been made public so far).