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China Says Gene-Editing Scientist Broke Laws To Pursue ‘Personal Fame And Gain’
The scientist responsible for creating the world’s first genetically modified babies violated government bans and committed fraud, according to Chinese investigators. He Jiankui—and those who helped him will reportedly now be handed over to security authorities and “severely dealt with.”
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Report: Scientists In China Are Losing Track Of Gene-Edited CRISPR Patients
Gene therapies are very much at their preliminary stages of development, so it would make sense to keep tabs on patients whose DNA has been modified via the innovative CRISPR technique. For some scientists in China, however, this is apparently not a priority.
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Chinese Government Says It Has Shut Down Controversial Human Gene-Editing Project
A project claiming to have produced the world’s first gene-edited babies has been stopped by the Chinese government, which is declaring the work of scientist He Jiankui as being both unlawful and unethical, according to the Associated Press.
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Appeals Court Upholds CRISPR Patent, Potentially Ending Bitter Dispute
An appeals court has upheld a 2017 decision recognising scientists from the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT as the true inventors of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system. The decision likely signifies the end of a bitter legal dispute that began four years ago.