China’s He Jiankui, who used Crispr to edit genome, says he is working on genetic diseases and suggests human embryo gene editing will one day be accepted
He Jiankui was sentenced to three years in prison in 2019 after he announced he had created the first genome-edited babies. Now, Dr He has revealed he has opened three new labs.
Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world in 2018, when news emerged that he had used the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR to tinker with the genetic code of human embryos. The experiments led to a massive uproar, with scientists, ethicists, and regulators balking at the "egregious scientific and ethical lapses." In 2019, He was sentenced […]
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