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He Jiankui has been variously referred to as a "rogue scientist", [20] "China's Dr Frankenstein", [21] and a "mad genius". [22] The impact of human gene editing on resistance to HIV infection and other body functions in experimental infants remains controversial.
He was born in Xinhua County, Loudi City, Hunan, in 1984. [10]He Jiankui attended the University of Science and Technology of China for undergraduate studies from 2002 to 2006, and graduated with a major in modern physics in 2006. [10]
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese investigators have determined that the doctor behind the reported birth of two babies whose genes had been edited in hopes of making them resistant to the AIDS virus acted ...
On 25 November 2018, Regalado posted on MIT Technology Review website that He Jiankui was making CRIPSR babies. [14] [2] As it was publicised, He was prompted to announce his experiment and posted the news of the birth of twins, nicknamed Lulu and Nana, on YouTube in five videos the same day.
He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who sparked global outrage in 2018 when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited children, has put forward a new proposal for modifying human embryos ...
He Jiankui speaking at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing, November 2018. The Lulu and Nana controversy refers to the two Chinese twin girls born in November 2018, who had been genetically modified as embryos by the Chinese scientist He Jiankui. [24] The twins are believed to be the first genetically modified babies.
In 2004, of the people younger than 35 who gave birth with the help of IVF, 32.7% delivered twins, and 4.9% delivered triplets, according to doctors at the Washington University School of Medicine ...
He Jiankui has been variously referred to as a "rogue scientist", [38] "China's Dr Frankenstein", [39] and a "mad genius". [40] The impact of human gene editing on resistance to HIV infection and other body functions in experimental infants remains controversial.