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The Chinese government banned this Thursday, November 29, 2018 to research on the scientist He Jiankui and his collaborators after the announcement of the alleged birth of two babies [19659002] genetically modified. The experiments announced by He – which are neither confirmed nor contrasted – are of "extremely disgusting nature" and violate Chinese law and scientific ethics told the Xinhua State Agency, Deputy Minister of Science , ] Xu Nanping.
Previously, the National Health Authorities and the Chinese Society for Science and Technology (CAST) had already moved away from it and more than a hundred Chinese scientists l & # 39; 39, had strongly criticized. the announcement of the researcher. Also an international group of geneticists criticized the researcher today.
I unleashed indignation between scientists and ethics committees around the world by announcing the birth of two girls -Nana and Lulu to whom the DNA had been modified in their day. embryos to make them resistant to HIV. As explained by He, what has been done has been to disable an important cellular receptor of HIV infection.
In his advertisement on YouTube, I claimed to have done it with the help of the recently created CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool and still to perfect. Experts doubt the medical utilities of the supposed experiment and warn against the health risks of girls and their descendants. It is unclear whether his announcement is true because his research was neither published nor verified by a scientific journal.
If so, the new genetic characteristics of these girls could be pbaded on to their descendants. "The current situation, as described by the media, constitutes a serious violation of the national legislation, regulations and guidelines ," said today the deputy director of national health authorities [19659011] Zeng Yixin, speaking on CCTV CCTV.
million. Zeng said the charges would be investigated and "ethical and technical standards" should be respected in light of the rapid development of science and technology.
Head of China Society for Science and Technology (CAST), Huai Jinpeng, also announced that his candidacy for a National Science Prize had been withdrawn and that he would act severely against all unlawful acts. I announced his presumed experience shortly before a major congress on genetics at of Hong Kong in which he had intervened as a lecturer. From this scenario, he defended Wednesday against critics and was proud of his work. He also badured that there was another woman pregnant with a genetically engineered embryo.
The congress organizers described as "irresponsible" the experience announced by He. As stated in a statement, it is too early to make changes to the DNA that future generations can inherit.
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