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The Chinese He Jiankui, who claims to be responsible for the birth of the very first genetically modified babies, has stopped his research. The break in the study comes after the indignation of his colleagues and the Chinese government.
This was reported Wednesday by the AFP news agency. It is not known how long the study will be stopped.
The Chinese government ordered Tuesday to open an investigation into the investigator's complaint. This involves, among other things, checking whether the case is legally sound.
In a video on YouTube, he said that two "beautiful little Chinese girls named Lulu and Nana were born a few weeks ago." The interventions on embryos with the still young crypr-case technology are intended to make children, whose scientist wants to keep the identity secret, resistant to HIV. He has not yet received independent confirmation of his claim
The scientist defended his work Wednesday at a conference on genome research in Hong Kong, where he answered questions from experts.
In Hong Kong, he reiterated that he had asked several childless couples of healthy mothers and fathers infected with HIV to participate in the experiment. He also stated that a person is still pregnant as part of his research.
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