China Probe Finds Rogue Gene-Editing Scientist Broke Rules
- Projects seriously broke state laws, ethics and moral bounds
- He forged review papers, will be severely dealt with: Xinhua
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The Chinese government said scientist He Jiankui, who altered the genes of twin baby girls as embryos, breached the country’s laws and ethics and will be “severely” dealt with.
The work by He and his team “seriously violates ethics and scientific research integrity” as well as state regulations, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported Monday. He’s work resulted in a second pregnancy, according to the report. A government probe also found He recruited eight volunteer couples for the experiment by “forging” ethical review documents, the news agency said.