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The Chinese scientist says that for the first time in the history of humanity, he published the genome of a healthy child.
Scientists in the United States and China edited in the past genome of human embryos, but so far they have done so only to correct it, because the children were suffering from a serious illness.
This time, the Chinese scientist and his team have not corrected, but improved – the method CRISPR-time9 improved the ability of both children resist potential HIV infection in the future.
The Chinese scientist Che Ťien-kchu works at the University of Shenzhen, but is currently trying to find out whether or not he has broken local laws during his surgery.
Binoculars Lulu and Nana were born a few weeks ago. Artificial insemination (in vitro fertilization) and improvement of children's genome occurred in a tube. According to the Chinese scientist, the children are in good health.
Che Ġien-kiu says that he practiced a similar procedure on several children, but that they are not born yet.
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The work has not been published yet
The scientists' testimony has not yet been verified because the work of the Chinese scientist and their colleagues have never been published. The genome edition of healthy children began to be heard Monday after praising the proceedings at an international conference on genome editing in Honkong.
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