{"id":9129,"date":"2018-12-01T14:03:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T22:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9129"},"modified":"2019-04-18T14:13:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T21:13:29","slug":"he-did-it-uproar-over-chinese-gene-edited-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9129","title":{"rendered":"He did it: uproar over Chinese gene-edited babies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bioedge.org\">BioEdge<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Michael Cook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Chinese scientist has faced widespread condemnation for  editing the genome of two babies at his lab in the Southern University  of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, together with an American  colleague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The researcher, He Jiankui, outlined his work at the Second  International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong. His  experiments have not been peer reviewed or published so it is impossible  for other scientists to verify his claims. In a Q&amp;A session, He  came under heavy fire from other scientists. . .  <a rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/\/procedures\/eugenics002.aspx\">Full text<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BioEdge Michael Cook A Chinese scientist has faced widespread condemnation for editing the genome of two babies at his lab in the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, together with an American colleague. The researcher, He Jiankui, outlined his work at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong. 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