Genetics Gene-edited babies: how are they now?

Posted by: @morphism

Hello, everyone! Some time ago Chinese scientist He Jiankui edited the genes of twin babies (to fight HIV) and went to jail for that. But what about these babies now? Do you have any news? I mean, is there any consequences of this edition?

Scientists around the world continue to study the possibility of influencing the human genome. They just don't do it with embryos. In the United States, back in January 2018, they began to inject modified lymphocytes into volunteers as an immunotherapy for cancer. In the UK, where it was allowed for research purposes to edit the genome of human embryos in 2016, the ban after the Chinese twins story was never introduced.

Interestingly, there was no mention of the imprisonment of a Chinese researcher on the Internet when I read about it.

@argentum when have you read it? I remember that this information was stood up in the first place at the same time

@morphism 2-3 months ago, but of course, the news could be outdated by itself

@argentum yep 🙂