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Chinese authorities say world's first gene-edited babies were illegal
Authorities in China say experiments which led to the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies broke the country's laws, state-run Xinhua news reported Monday. In November, Chinese scientist He Jiankui sparked international outrage when he announced that twin girls -- Lulu and Nana -- had been born with modified DNA to make them resistant to HIV. He later revealed a second woman was pregnant as a result of the research.
[...] On Monday, investigators from Guangdong Province Health Commission said that "the case has been initially identified as an explicitly state-banned human embryo-editing activity for reproductive purposes conducted by He Jiankui," Xinhua reported. The commission added that the scientist has conducted the work "In pursuit of personal fame and fortune, with self-raised funds and deliberate evasion of supervision and private recruitment of related personnel." The authorities also believe He forged both ethical review documents and blood tests to circumvent a ban on assisted reproduction for HIV-positive patients, state media reported.
[...] Authorities in China said He and any other people or institutions involved will be "dealt with seriously according to the law, and if suspected of crimes, they will be handed over to the public security bureau," according to Xinhua. "For the born babies and pregnant volunteers, Guangdong Province will work with relevant parties to perform medical observation and follow-up visits under the guidance of relevant state departments," Xinhua said, adding that born babies and pregnant volunteers will be monitored and followed-up with under the guidance of relevant state departments.
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Also at TechCrunch and Newsweek.
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by Bot on Tuesday January 22 2019, @01:33AM (2 children)
You don't give a loaded gun to a toddler and expect him not to fire it eventually.
Probably secret research has already produced human GMO. The stakes for military purposes are too high. BTW meddling with animal GMO for military purposes is not off the table either.
They even possibly poisoned the well with a myriad of youtube video showing fake modified humans, so that if some actual footage should surface, it would get lost in the noise. I posit this, as I posit that many older free energy videos were meant to be poisoning the well too, because people going to some length to prank people would eventually come out to grab the credits and have more fun, and that happens too rarely.
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(Score: 2) by arslan on Tuesday January 22 2019, @02:18AM
Of course, nothing else would explain the Kardashians or Kanye, but I digress, the bots are evolving, us meatbags have to as well.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 22 2019, @09:37AM
If you think the current GMO technology is of any use to the military you're giving it way too much credit. The current tools are frankly crude and the knowledge of cell operation very insufficient. The day will certainly come but it will take a century.