Chinese government orders end to controversial research on gene-edited babies

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The Chinese government’s action comes the same week prominent scientists were meeting in Hong Kong for an international summit on gene editing.

 

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The Latest: China halts work by team on gene-edited babiesHONG KONG (AP) — The Latest on a Chinese scientist's claim to have made the world's first gene-edited babies (all times local): 7:30 p.m. China's government has ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies. Vice Minister of Science and Technology Xu Nanping told state broadcaster CCTV Thursday that his ministry is strongly opposed to the efforts that reportedly produced twin girls born earlier this month. Xu called the team's actions illegal and unacceptable and said an investigation had been ordered. Researcher He Jiankui claims to have altered the DNA of the twins to try to make them resistant to infection with the AIDS virus. Mainstream scientists have condemned the experiment, and universities and government groups are investigating. There is no independent confirmation of what He says he did. He has said a second pregnancy may be underway. Err, too late! Icymi China is always out front on avenues of science we shouldn't be going down at all.
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