Chinese scientist who claimed to create first-ever ‘gene-edited’ babies sentenced to 3yrs in prison

Hong Kong, China

A Chinese scientist behind the “gene-edited” babies experiment has been sentenced to three years in prison, nearly a year after Beijing said he would be punished for his questionable practice.

He Jiankui announced in 2018 that he had altered the genes of twin girls, Lulu and Nana, to make them resistant to HIV.

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