Chinese scientist says he created the first genetically modified babies

Chinese researcher says he helped create the first genetically modified babies, twins born this month whose DNA says altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the original project of life.

If it's true, This would be a big step forward for science, with profound ethical implications.

An American scientist said he participated in genetic editing in China, who is banned in the United States because changes in DNA can be pbaded on to future generations and other genes may be damaged.

Many scientists think that it is too risky to try, and some have denounced the fact that the Chinese report is equivalent to experimenting with human beings.

The searcher, He Jiankui from Shenzhen City, He said he had modified embryos for seven couples during fertility treatments.and until now, he has gotten a pregnancy. He stated that his goal was not to cure or prevent an inherited disease, but to try to accord a characteristic that few people naturally possess: an ability to resist future infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

He Jiankui during an interview in his laboratory in Shenzhen (AP / Mark Schiefelbein)

He noted that the parents involved refused to be identified or interrogatedand that it will not reveal where they live or where the work was done.

Nobody has confirmed her claim independently, and she has not been published in a journal where she would be examined by other experts. He announced his work in Hong Kong on Monday at one of the organizers of an international conference on genetic publishing that will begin on Tuesday, and previously in exclusive interviews with The badociated press.

"I feel a strong responsibility that consists not only in doing something for the first time but also in giving the example", He said at AP. "The company will decide what to do next" in terms of allowing or prohibiting this type of scientific progress. (Infobae – with information from AP)