In the overflowing file cabinet labeled “What could possibly go wrong?”, human genetic modification and gene editing surely deserve a drawer all their own. One bulging folder would be labeled “Dr. He Jiankui” for the man who edited three human embryos, resulting in the birth of female twins in 2018 and a third female baby
Two prominent bioethicists have called on the Chinese government to protect the world’s first gene-edited babies – the result of an experiment that was globally condemned – and any future generations. The proposal came from Qiu Renzong, from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, and Lei Ruipeng at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan. It is.