Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Human Babies Presents His Research

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=29484

HONG KONG — Chinese researcher He Jiankui, who claims to have edited the genomes of twin infant girls to protect them from HIV while they were embryos, presented his work today at a conference at the University of Hong Kong.
The controversial claim was first reported Sunday by the The Associated Press and through a series of YouTube videos, though no paper has yet been published, and the twins, called Lulu and Nana by He, have been kept out of public view. The announcement immediately br

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November 28, 2018 at 01:35PM

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