Collodion babies: no longer a legend In recent years, the term \”collodion babies\” has appeared more and more in people\’s sights. This kind of \”super baby\” is said to be created by professional pregnancy institutions through gene editing technology. But does this so-called \”Genesis\” really exist? The following is an analysis and elaboration from the aspects of science, ethics, law and economics. From a scientific perspective, the core technology of collodion babies is gene editing, which simply means removing or replacing human DNA features through artificial methods.