Six months ago, a Chinese scientist was widely criticized for helping make the first gene-edited babies. Now, new information suggests other people may be interested in doing the same kind of work. William Hurlbut is a bioethicist at Stanford University in the United States. He told The Associated Press that a fertility center in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, wrote to scientist He Jiankui by email. Hurlburt said the center wanted training in gene editing and asked He for information on the process. The Chinese scientist reportedly had often asked the Stanford doctor for advice. Hurlburt told the AP that He told him he had heard from scientists from more than one country, and families with inherited health problems. He said that they had messaged support and interest in changing the genes of human embryos. Hurlbut gave the AP an email he said the Dubai clinic sent to He in December. It shows “what eagerness there is out there for this technology,” Hurlbut said, and the need “for some sort of enforceable governance” of it.