China gene-editing scientist's project rejected for WHO database (original)
A Chinese branch of the World Health Organization has withdrawn an application to register He Jiankui's project in its clinical database. The move comes after China's government halted He's work, saying it would take a "zero tolerance attitude in dealing with dishonorable behavior" in research.
He has faced a global backlash after claiming to have produced the world's first gene-edited babies in a bid to make them HIV-resistant. The project drew international criticism for its lack of transparency, with health officials and other scientists concerned that it raises ethical questions that will taint other work in the field.
The application to enter the database of the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry was rejected because "the original applicants cannot provide the individual participants' data for reviewing," according to the registry's website.
[...] He's whereabouts are still unknown. Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily cited unnamed sources earlier this month that the researcher was put on house arrest by his university, Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, but representatives of the university and He's lab both declined to comment.
takyon: Several news organizations reported on Dec. 3 that He Jiankui was missing.
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(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday December 11 2018, @10:32PM
When I was a kid, I played rugby against the Patumahoe School rugby team.
Their front row was made up of three Chinese brothers whose great-great-grandfathers came over here to mine gold, then became market gardeners when the gold ran out.
Huge dudes, because they ate a nutritious western diet and worked on their family farms.
You really did not want to have to tackle them either. Like running into a sackful of spanners.