Prognosis
Defiant China Scientist Says He's 'Proud' of Gene-Editing Work
‘I understand my work will be controversial,’ researcher says in video
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The Chinese scientist who ignited a backlash over creating the world’s first genetically-altered babies is undeterred by the global condemnation that his work has sparked and believes history will be on his side when the dust settles.
He Jiankui, a researcher in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, was a virtual unknown in the world of genetics research and to others outside it. That changed this week after he said he had altered the genes of a pair of twin girls while they were embryos in a bid to make the recently-born babies resistant to infection by the virus that causes AIDS.