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Chinese scientist He Jiankuii

Chinese scientist He Jiankui claimed to have created the world's first gene-edited babies: twin girls born from embryos he says were modified to make them resistant to HIV.

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  • Prominent bioethicist Qiu Renzong among legal, ethics and scientific experts calling for investigation of He’s possible recent violations
  • ‘[We] strongly condemn his misleading marketing hype about his rare disease research plans in the absence of scientific substance and ethical safeguards’
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The past year has seen advancements to CRISPR, the technique used by Chinese researcher He Jiankui to alter the DNA of Chinese twin girls Lula and Nana, despite the controversy.

Most of scientist He Jiankui’s data has been available for some time, an insider says, but there’s still no word on where he is a year after he revealed his experiment.

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Editorial co-signed by researchers and ethicists from eight countries comes four months after news of Chinese scientist’s experiments roiled community.

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Such technologies could be classed as high-risk and placed under the authority of the State Council, after ethical concerns over claims that scientist He had altered the DNA of twin girls born in November.

He Jiankui could have altered cognitive functions of twin girls when he used CRISPR to disable the CCR5 gene that allows HIV to infect human cells.

Education ministry is beating the grass in case another ‘Frankenstein’ revelation awaits in research projects at the country’s universities and affiliated hospitals.

If we forcibly change natural laws, not only does it open the door to a lot of unknown influences, it also places a bet on the future of the whole world.

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Chinese scientist He Jiankui has been criticised by peers over creating gene-edited babies, and little is known about the “off-target risks” of the technology

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