News broke yesterday of a Chinese scientist who claims to have edited the genes of human embryos which were then carried to full term. The man, He Jiankui, made the claims ahead of a genetic technology conference, and his alleged work drew swift criticism from many other medical researchers who find human genetic modification to be both dangerous and unethical.
In the wake of his revelation, news about He’s past research and overall career has begun to trickle out. The university He associated himself with, and claimed he had clearance from to conduct genetic modification, shot down his story shortly after it became public, and now it seems the scientist was actually suspended from his job as far back as February 1, 2018.
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Chinese scientist who claims to have genetically modified babies was suspended from his job in February originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 13:14:36 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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