Scientist who edited babies’ genes sentenced to three years in prison
Last year, a Stanford-trained scientist stunned the world by revealing that he had created the first genetically-edited babies using the CRISPR/Cas9 tool. Now, He Jiankui and two of his associates have been sentenced to three years in prison following a secret trial in China. The team was convicted of “illegal medical practice” for performing …
News story posted on 2019-12-30T08:46:00.0000000Z
